A study of the relationship between mental health and menstrual abnormalities in female middle school students from postearthquake Wenchuan

BioScience Trends

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-8

  Liu, Xiaoxia ^a   Yang, Yanfang ^a   Yuan, Ping ^a   Zhang, Xun ^a   Han, Ying ^a   Cao, Yi ^a   Xiong, Guoyu ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Weizhou Middle School   (China)

Author keywords

Abnormal menstruation; Earthquake; Female middle school student; Mental health; Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Relationship

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CHINA; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77953108410     PISSN: 18817815     EISSN: 18817823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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