The relationship between premenstrual symptoms, menstrual pain, irregular menstrual cycles, and psychosocial stress among Japanese college students

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 129-136

  Yamamoto, Kazuhiko ^a   Okazaki, Ai ^a   Sakamoto, Yoko ^a   Funatsu, Michiko ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fukuoka Jo Gakuin University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Functional potentiality; IMPS; Menstruation; Psychosocial stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MENTAL STRESS; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249232336     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa2.28.129     Document Type: Article

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