Reproductive health characteristics of urban South Korean Women

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 154-159

  Lee, Dong Yun ^a   Koo, Young Ah ^a   Yoon, Byung Koo ^a   Choi, Dooseok ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Contraception; Menstruation; Reproductive health; South Korea

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMA; MENSTRUATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOUTH KOREA; URBAN POPULATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953577675     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000316263     Document Type: Article

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