Menstrual pattern and menstrual disorders among adolescents: An update of the Italian data

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Rigon, Franco ^a   De Sanctis, Vincenzo ^b   Bernasconi, Sergio ^c   Bianchin, Luigi ^d   Bona, Gianni ^e   Bozzola, Mauro ^f   Buzi, Fabio ^g   Radetti, Giorgio ^h   Tat, Luciano ⁱ   Tonini, Giorgio ^j   De Sanctis, Carlo ^k   Perissinotto, Egle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Paediatric and Adolescent Outpatients Clinic   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^d ULSS 16   (Italy)

^e Department of Mother and Child Health   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^g CARLO POMA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h CENTRAL HOSPITAL OF BOLZANO   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^k Koelliker Hospital   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Adolescents; Bleeding length; Dysmenorrhea; Menstrual cycle length; Menstrual disorders; Menstrual pattern; Oligomenorrhea; Polymenorrhea

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; OLIGOMENORRHEA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LINEAR MODELS; MENSTRUATION; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84864936961     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1824-7288-38-38     Document Type: Article

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