A culturally sensitive study of premenstrual and menstrual symptoms among Chinese women

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-114

  Lee, Antoinette M ^a   So Kum Tang, Catherine ^b   Chong, Catherine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese women; Culture; Premenstrual and menstrual symptoms; Premenstrual syndrome; Psychometric properties

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSIS; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651162129     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: 17438942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01674820902789241     Document Type: Article

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