A population-based survey of Asian women's experience of premenstrual symptoms

Menopause International

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 139-145

  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 KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d OMI Hospital   (Pakistan)

^e Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asia; cross cultural; epidemiological; Premenstrual symptoms

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BACKACHE; BREAST TENDERNESS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE CRAMP; MYALGIA; PAKISTAN; PARITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PARITY; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650667555     PISSN: 17540453     EISSN: 17540461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/mi.2010.010034     Document Type: Article

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