Premenstrual symptoms in Pakistani women and their effect on activities of daily life

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 763-768

  Pal, Sadiah Ahsan ^a   Dennerstein, Lorraine ^b   Lehert, Phillippe ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology OMI Hospital ^*  (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Faculty of Economics Louvain Academy   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Activities of daily life (ADL); Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD); Premenstrual symptoms; Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOATING; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOOD CHANGE; MUSCLE CRAMP; PAKISTAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMENSTRUAL DYSPHORIC DISORDER; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960805132     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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