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Welcome to BMC Women's Health published by BioMed Central
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.



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BMC Women's Health 2009, 9:27
Awareness of emergency contraception in college students in the Kathmandu Valley is generally low and varies significantly according to sex, age, district and educational background, highlighting the continued importance of sex education programs.


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The effect of past use of oral contraceptive on bone mineral density, bone biochemical markers and muscle strength in healthy pre and post menopausal women
Fadoua Allali, Laila El Mansouri, Fatima zohra Abourazzak, Linda Ichchou, Hamza Khazzani, Loubna Bennani, Redouane Abouqal, Najia Hajjaj-Hassouni
BMC Women's Health 2009, 9:31 (3November2009)
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Suboptimal management of severe menopausal symptoms by Nigerian Gynaecologists: a call for mandatory continuing medical education for physicians
Peter O Nkwo
BMC Women's Health 2009, 9:30 (23October2009)
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Age at menarche and the menstrual pattern of secondary school adolescents in northwest Ethiopia
Desalegn Tegabu Zegeye, Berihun Megabiaw, Abay Mulu
BMC Women's Health 2009, 9:29 (5October2009)
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Complications associated with transobturator sling procedures: analysis of 233 consecutive cases with a 27 months follow-up
Isabelle Kaelin-Gambirasio, Sandrine Jacob, Michel Boulvain, Jean-Bernard Dubuisson, Patrick Dllenbach
BMC Women's Health 2009, 9:28 (25September2009)
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Factors affecting awareness of emergency contraception among college students in Kathmandu, Nepal
Ramesh Adhikari
BMC Women's Health 2009, 9:27 (17September2009)
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Group treatments for sensitive health care problems: a randomised controlled trial of group versus individual physiotherapy sessions for female urinary incontinence
SE Lamb, J Pepper, R Lall, EC Jrstad-Stein, MD Clark, L Hill, J Fereday-Smith
BMC Women's Health 2009, 9:26 (14September2009)
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Group versus individual sessions delivered by a physiotherapist for female urinary incontinence: an interview study with women attending group sessions nested within a randomised controlled trial
Frances Griffiths, Jo Pepper, Ellen C Jrstad-Stein, Jan Fereday Smith, Lesley Hill, Sarah (Sallie) E Lamb
BMC Women's Health 2009, 9:25 (10September2009)
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Protocol for Physiotherapy OR Tvt Randomised Efficacy Trial (PORTRET): a multicentre randomised controlled trial to assess the cost-effectiveness of the tension free vaginal tape versus pelvic floor muscle training in women with symptomatic moderate to severe stress urinary incontinence
Julien Labrie, Yolanda van der Graaf, Eric Buskens, Stella ESM Tiersma, Huub CH van der Vaart
BMC Women's Health 2009, 9:24 (1September2009)
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Reproductive and family planning history, knowledge, and needs: A community survey of low-income women in Beijing, China
Hong He, Truls stbye, Anne K Daltveit
BMC Women's Health 2009, 9:23 (10August2009)
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Protocol for the value of urodynamics prior to stress incontinence surgery (VUSIS) study: a multicenter randomized controlled trial to assess the cost effectiveness of urodynamics in women with symptoms of stress urinary incontinence in whom surgical treatment is considered
Sanne AL van Leijsen, Kirsten B Kluivers, Ben Willem J Mol, Suzan R Broekhuis, Fred L Milani, C Huub van der Vaart, Jan-Paul WR Roovers, Marlies Y Bongers, Jan den Boon, Wilbert A Spaans, Jan Willem de Leeuw, Viviane Dietz, Jan H Kleinjan, Hans AM Brlmann, Eveline J Roos, Judith Schaafstra, John PFA Heesakkers, Mark E Vierhout
BMC Women's Health 2009, 9:22 (21July2009)
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Case report
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BMC Medicine 2009, 7:69 (9November2009)
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Monitoring socioeconomic inequity in maternal health indicators in Egypt: 1995 -2005
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