Premenstrual Syndrome in Turkish college students and its effects on life quality

Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-27

  Pinar, Gul ^a   Colak, Meric ^a   Oksuz, Ergun ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

College students; Life quality; Premenstrual Syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BREAST TENDERNESS; CHI SQUARE TEST; COFFEE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL STAFF; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MORBIDITY; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SMOKING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649918831     PISSN: 18775756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.srhc.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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