Experiences of women referred for urgent assessment of postmenopausal bleeding (PMB)

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 184-187

  Tarling, R ^a   Gale, A ^b   Martin Hirsch, P ^b   Holmes, L ^a   Kanesalingam, K ^b   Dey, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Haemorrhage; Postmenopause

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE BLEEDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTMENOPAUSE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 84874421629     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01443615.2012.740529     Document Type: Article

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