Prevalence of menstrual pain in relation to the reproductive life history of women from the Mayan rural community

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-8

  Pawlowski B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CHILDBEARING; PREGNANCY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; YUCATAN;

EID: 9144271625     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460310001602072     Document Type: Article

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