Non-health-care costs associated with endometriosis

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2363-2367

  Simoens, Steven ^a   Meuleman, Christel ^a   Dhooghe, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cost of illness; Endometriosis; non health care costs; productivity loss

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRODUCTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 80051917958     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der215     Document Type: Article

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