Premenstrual syndrome and quality of life in Iranian medical students

Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 23-27

  Farrokh Eslamlou, Hamidreza ^a   Oshnouei, Sima ^a   Heshmatian, Behnam ^a   Akbari, Elham ^a  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Medical student; Premenstrual syndrome; Prevalence; Quality of life; Urmia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EXERCISE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FIRST DEGREE RELATIVE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMBRYOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IRAN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921787373     PISSN: 18775756     EISSN: 18775764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.srhc.2014.06.009     Document Type: Article

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