Adverse childhood event experiences, fertility difficulties and menstrual cycle characteristics

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 46-57

  Jacobs, Marni B ^a   Boynton Jarrett, Renee D ^b   Harville, Emily W ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACE; Adverse childhood events; Amenorrhea; Fertility; Menstrual cycle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFERTILITY; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; RACE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; CHILD ABUSE SURVIVOR; COMORBIDITY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LOUISIANA; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; ONSET AGE; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AGE OF ONSET; AMENORRHEA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LOUISIANA; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936866810     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: 17438942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0167482X.2015.1026892     Document Type: Article

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