A study of dysmenorrhea during menstruation in adolescent girls

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 159-164

  Agarwal, Anil ^a   Agarwal, Anju ^a  

^a G R MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Dysmenorrhea; Physiological symptoms

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951997087     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.62586     Document Type: Article

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