Health advantage for black women: Patterns in pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1741-1750

  Pilver, C E ^a   Kasl, S ^b   Desai, R ^a,c   Levy, B R ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c National Center for PTSD   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; minority health; premenstrual dysphoric disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NEGRO; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054982508     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291710002321     Document Type: Article

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