Menstrual Patterns and Gynecologic Morbidity among University Students in Kano, Nigeria

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 401-406

  Iliyasu, Zubairu ^a   Galadanci, Hadiza S ^a   Abubakar, Isa S ^a   Ismail, Amina O ^a   Aliyu, Muktar H ^b  

^a BAYERO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Menstrual disorders; Menstruation; Nigeria; University students

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CYSTALGIA; DYSMENORRHEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; NAUSEA; NIGERIA; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PAINFUL DEFECATION; POLLAKISURIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESICS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSMENORRHEA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENARCHE; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION; NIGERIA; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869117644     PISSN: 10833188     EISSN: 18734332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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