The impact of menstruation in adolescents with disabilities related to cerebral palsy

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 526-530

  Zacharin, Margaret ^a,b,c   Savasi, Ingrid ^a   Grover, Sonia ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETONOGESTREL; LEVONORGESTREL; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISABILITY; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77953784601     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.174680     Document Type: Article

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