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BMC Women's Health is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of the health and healthcare of adolescent girls and women, with a particular focus on the prevention, diagnosis and management of fertility disorders and diseases of gynecological and breast origin, as well as related genetics, pathophysiology, epidemiology, clinical reports and controlled trials.
BMC Women's Health (ISSN 1472-6874) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE, Cinahl and Google Scholar.
BMC Women's Health 2009, 9 :11
Six key themes identified from women who have had breast surgery form the basis of a conceptual framework for patient satisfaction and quality of life measures for breast surgery patients.
BMC Women's Health 2009, 9 :10
Although gestational weight gain correlates with pregnancy progesterone levels, dietary fat intake does not predict levels of progesterone or estradiol, highlighting the need for other determinants of these important factors for breast cancer.
BMC Women's Health 2009, 9 :7
Free postal chlamydia screening at pharmacies offering emergency hormonal contraception (EHC) will only be successful if both coverage and uptake is increased and if pharmacists target all EHC clients in order to ensure effective treatment of this high-risk group.
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Effects of multiparity and prolonged breast-feeding on maternal bone mineral density: a community-based cross-sectional study Janaka Lenora, Sarath Lekamwasam, Magnus K Karlsson BMC Women's Health 2009, 9 :19 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Satisfaction and compliance in hormonal contraception: the result of a multicentre clinical study on women's experience with the ethinylestradiol/norelgestromin contraceptive patch in Italy Pier Giorgio Crosignani, Carmine Nappi, Salvatore Ronsini, Vincenzina Bruni, Silvia Marelli, Davide Sonnino, Italian EVRA Contrast Study Group BMC Women's Health 2009, 9 :18 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Effect of 6-months of physical exercise on the nitrate/nitrite levels in hypertensive postmenopausal women Pedro R Zaros, Carla EM Romero Pires, Mauricio Bacci Jr, Camila Moraes, Angelina Zanesco BMC Women's Health 2009, 9 :17 (19 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The effects of postmenopausal hormone therapy on social activity, partner relationship, and sexual life Elina Hemminki, Piret Veerus, Heti Pisarev, Sirpa-Liisa Hovi, P BMC Women's Health 2009, 9 :16 (8 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Cognitive behavioral therapy and physical exercise for climacteric symptoms in breast cancer patients experiencing treatment-induced menopause: design of a multicenter trial Saskia FA Duijts, Hester SA Oldenburg, Marc van Beurden, Neil K Aaronson BMC Women's Health 2009, 9 :15 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Informing women about hormone replacement therapy: the consensus conference statement Paola Mosconi, Serena Donati, Cinzia Colombo, Alfonso Mele, Alessandro Liberati, Roberto Satolli, Consensus Conference Working Group BMC Women's Health 2009, 9 :14 (29 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Hot flushes and quality of life during menopause Riitta Luoto BMC Women's Health 2009, 9 :13 (18 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Clients' reasons for prenatal ultrasonography in Ibadan, South West of Nigeria Christopher A Enakpene, Imran O Morhason-Bello, Anthony O Marinho, Babatunde O Adedokun, Adegoke O Kalejaiye, Kayode Sogo, Sikiru A Gbadamosi, Babatunde S Awoyinka, Obehi O Enabor BMC Women's Health 2009, 9 :12 (9 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Satisfaction and quality of life in women who undergo breast surgery: A qualitative study Anne F Klassen, Andrea L Pusic, Amie Scott, Jennifer Klok, Stefan J Cano BMC Women's Health 2009, 9 :11 (1 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Dietary fat intake and gestational weight gain in relation to estradiol and progesterone plasma levels during pregnancy: a longitudinal study in Swedish women Marie Lof, Leena Hilakivi-Clarke, Sven Sandin S, Sonia de Assis, Wei Yu, Elisabete Weiderpass BMC Women's Health 2009, 9 :10 (30 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Experiences of professional support during pregnancy and childbirth - a qualitative study of women with type 1 diabetes Marie Berg, Carina Sparud-Lundin BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2009, 9 :27 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Is health related quality of life associated with the risk of low-energy wrist fracture? A case control study. Gudrun Rohde, Anne M Mengshoel, Astrid K Wahl, Torbjorn Moum, Glenn Haugeberg BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2009, 10 :80 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Epidemiology of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy: prevalence, severity, determinants, and the importance of race/ethnicity. Anais Lacasse, Evelyne Rey, Ema Ferreira, Caroline Morin, Anick Berard BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2009, 9 :26 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Recent trends in breast cancer incidence in US white women by urban/rural and poverty status Amelia K Hausauer, Theresa HM Keegan, Ellen T Chang, Sally L Glaser, Holly Howe, Christina A Clarke BMC Medicine 2009, 7 :31 (26 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Knowledge, attitudes and practice of breast cancer
screening among female health workers in a Nigerian
urban city.
Adenike O Akhigbe, Vivian O Omuemu BMC Cancer 2009, 9 :203 (25 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Interim data monitoring to enroll higher-risk participants in HIV prevention trials Vera Halpern, Orikomaba Obunge, Folasade Ogunsola, Sakiru Otusanya, John Umo-Otong, Chin-Hua Wang, Neha Mehta BMC Medical Research Methodology 2009, 9 :44 (23 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Are we drawing the right conclusions from randomised placebo-controlled trials? A post-hoc analysis of data from a randomised controlled trial
M. D van Die, Kerry M Bone, Henry G Burger, Helena J Teede BMC Medical Research Methodology 2009, 9 :41 (23 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Sex steroids, growth factors and mammographic density: a cross-sectional study of UK post-menopausal Caucasian and Afro-Caribbean women Valerie A McCormack, Mitch Dowsett, Elizabeth Folkerd, Nichola Johnson, Claire Palles, Ben Coupland, Jeff M Holly, Sarah J Vinnicombe, Nicholas M Perry, Isabel dos Santos Silva Breast Cancer Research 2009, 11 :R38 (22 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Repeat infection with Chlamydia trachomatis: a prospective cohort study from an STI-clinic in Stockholm Karin Edgardh, Sharon Kuhlmann-Berenzon, Maria Grunewald, Maria Rotzen-Ostlund, Ivar Qvarnstrom, Jennie Everljung BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :198 (22 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Salivary cortisol differs with age and sex and shows inverse associations with WHR in Swedish women: a cross-sectional study Charlotte A Larsson, Bo Gullberg, Lennart Rastam, Ulf Lindblad BMC Endocrine Disorders 2009, 9 :16 (21 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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