Premenstrual dysphoric disorder among medical students of a Nigerian university

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 118-122

  Issa, Baba A ^a   Yussuf, Abdullah D ^a   Olatinwo, Abdul Waheed O ^a   Ighodalo, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Dysmenorrhoea; medical students; premenstrual dysphoric disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENSTRUATION; NIGERIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREMENSTRUAL DYSPHORIC DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; ADOLESCENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NIGERIA; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956249130     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 09755764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.68354     Document Type: Article

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