Risk factors on the menstrual cycle of healthy Taiwanese college nursing students

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 689-694

  Chang, Pei Jen ^a   Chen, Pau Chung ^b   Hsieh, Chia Jung ^b   Chiu, Li Tan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

College students; Menstrual cycle; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COLLEGE STUDENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING STUDENT; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449128722     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2009.01097.x     Document Type: Article

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