The phenomenology of premenstrual syndrome in female medical students: A cross sectional study

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Balaha, Magdy Hassan ^a   Amr, Mostafa Abd El Monem ^a   Al Moghannum, Mohammed Saleh ^b   Al Muhaidab, Nouria Saab ^a  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Maternity and Children's Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Premenstrual syndrome; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SAUDI ARABIA; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251491001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19378688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/pamj.v5i1.56194     Document Type: Article

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