A report on the reproductive health of women after the massive 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-164

  Liu, Shujuan ^a   Han, Juntao ^a   Xiao, Dan ^b   Ma, Cuiling ^a   Chen, Biliang ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Fertility desire; Natural disaster; Quality of sexual life; Reproductive health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GYNECOLOGIC INFECTION; HUMAN; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SURVIVOR;

EID: 73749084108     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2009.08.030     Document Type: Article

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