Self-report versus ultrasound measurement of uterine fibroid status

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 285-293

  Myers, Sharon L ^a,b   Baird, Donna Day ^b   Olshan, Andrew F ^a   Herring, Amy H ^a   Schroeder, Jane C ^b   Nylander French, Leena A ^c   Hartmann, Katherine E ^d,e  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL HISTORY; MYOMETRIUM; NULLIPARA; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERUS MYOMA;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PARITY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84858130516     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2011.3008     Document Type: Article

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