What aspects of periods are most bothersome for women reporting heavy menstrual bleeding? Community survey and qualitative study
Open Access
- 2 June 2007
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Women's Health
- Vol. 7 (1), 8
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6874-7-8
Abstract
Heavy menstrual bleeding is a common symptom amongst women of reproductive age, yet questions remain about why some women experience this as a problem while others do not. We investigated the concerns of women who reported heavy menstrual bleeding on questionnaire.Keywords
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