High prevalence of symptoms associated with ovarian cancer among Australian women

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-78

  Pitts, Marian K ^a   Heywood, Wendy ^a   Ryall, Richard ^a   Smith, Anthony M ^a   Shelley, Julia M ^b   Richters, Juliet ^c   Simpson, Judy M ^d  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; epidemiology; ovarian cancer; signs and symptoms; women's health

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; BLOATING; COMPUTER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE CANCER; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY CANCER; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SYMPTOM; TELEPHONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PELVIC PAIN; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951506482     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2010.01284.x     Document Type: Article

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