Asian study of effects of premenstrual symptoms on activities of daily life

Menopause International

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 146-151

  Dennerstein, Lorraine ^a   Lehert, Philippe ^b   Keung, Lam Siu ^c   Pal, Sadiah Ahsan ^d   Choi, Dooseok ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Faculty of Economics Louvain Academy   (Belgium)

^c DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d OMI Hospital   (Pakistan)

^e Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

cross cultural; epidemiological; Premenstrual; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; PAKISTAN; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THAILAND;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650642020     PISSN: 17540453     EISSN: 17540461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/mi.2010.010035     Document Type: Article

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