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Association of menstrual phase with smoking behavior, mood and menstrual phase-associated symptoms among young Japanese woman smokers
Hiroko Sakai, Kazutomo Ohashi BMC Women's Health 2013, 13:10 (2 March 2013)
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Women's perceptions and reasons for choosing the pill, patch, or ring in the CHOICE study: a cross-sectional survey of contraceptive method selection after counseling
Christian Egarter, Brigitte Frey Tirri, Johannes Bitzer, Vyacheslav Kaminskyy, Björn J Oddens, Vera Prilepskaya, Arie Yeshaya, Maya Marintcheva-Petrova, Steven Weyers BMC Women's Health 2013, 13:9 (28 February 2013)
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Views of general practitioners on the role of CA125 in primary care to diagnose ovarian cancer
Esther L Moss, Alison Moran, Timothy M Reynolds, Helen Stokes-Lampard BMC Women's Health 2013, 13:8 (19 February 2013)
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Factors influencing diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis after a fragility fracture among postmenopausal women in Asian countries: a retrospective study
Annie W Kung, Tao Fan, Ling Xu, Wei B Xia, Il Hyung Park, Hak Sun Kim, Siew Pheng Chan, Joon Kiong Lee, Leonard Koh, Yung Kuei Soong, Suppasin Soontrapa, Thawee Songpatanasilp, Thana Turajane, Marc Yates, Shuvayu Sen BMC Women's Health 2013, 13:7 (14 February 2013)
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Prevalence of lymphedema in women undergoing treatment for breast cancer in a referral center in southeastern Brazil
Daniella MF Paiva, Vivian O Rodrigues, Marcelle G Cesca, Pamella V Palma, Isabel CG Leite BMC Women's Health 2013, 13:6 (13 February 2013)
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Unmarried women's ways of facing single motherhood in Sri Lanka -- A qualitative interview study
Malin Jordal, Kumudu Wijewardena, Pia Olsson BMC Women's Health 2013, 13:5 (6 February 2013)
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Unmarried women facing single motherhood in Sri Lanka express fear of shame and striving for familial and societal acceptance and financial survival, suggesting that these women have a restricted ability to make acceptable and healthy choices for themselves and their children. |
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Differences in patterns of high-risk human papillomavirus infection between urban and rural low-resource settings: cross-sectional findings from Mali
Nicholas H Schluterman, Samba O Sow, Cheick B Traore, Kamate Bakarou, Rokiatou Dembelé, Founé Sacko, Patti E Gravitt, J Kathleen Tracy BMC Women's Health 2013, 13:4 (6 February 2013)
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Development of a diagnostic test set to assess agreement in breast pathology: Practical application of the Guidelines for Reporting Reliability and Agreement Studies (GRRAS)
Natalia V Oster, Patricia A Carney, Kimberly H Allison, Donald L Weaver, Lisa M Reisch, Gary Longton, Tracy Onega, Margaret Pepe, Berta M Geller, Heidi D Nelson, Tyler R Ross, Anna N Tosteson, Joann G Elmore BMC Women's Health 2013, 13:3 (5 February 2013)
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Knowledge, perception about antiretroviral therapy (ART) and prevention of mother-to-child-transmission (PMTCT) and adherence to ART among HIV positive women in the Ashanti Region, Ghana: a cross-sectional study
Daniel Boateng, Golda Dokuaa Kwapong, Peter Agyei-Baffour BMC Women's Health 2013, 13:2 (22 January 2013)
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Care-seeking behavior of Japanese gynecological cancer survivors suffering from adverse effects
Sumiko Oshima, Kengo Kisa, Takayoshi Terashita, Hidenobu Kawabata, Masaji Maezawa BMC Women's Health 2013, 13:1 (8 January 2013)
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Variability of bothersome menopausal symptoms over time – a longitudinal analysis using the Estonian postmenopausal hormone therapy trial (EPHT)
Elina Hemminki, Elena Regushevskaya, Riitta Luoto, Piret Veerus BMC Women's Health 2012, 12:44 (21 December 2012)
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Bothersome menstrual symptoms, particularly disturbing vasomotor symptoms, occur with notable variability in frequency and severity among middle-aged women, suggesting that population-based studies are needed to estimate the symptom burden.
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Menopause and the influence of culture: another gap for Indigenous Australian women?
Emma K Jones, Janelle R Jurgenson, Judith M Katzenellenbogen, Sandra C Thompson BMC Women's Health 2012, 12:43 (12 December 2012)
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A comprehensive approach to women’s health: lessons from the Mexican health reform
Julio Frenk, Octavio Gómez-Dantés, Ana Langer BMC Women's Health 2012, 12:42 (10 December 2012)
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Comparing health-related quality of life of employed women and housewives: a cross sectional study from southeast Iran
Fatihe Kerman Saravi, Ali Navidian, Shahindokht Rigi, Ali Montazeri BMC Women's Health 2012, 12:41 (23 November 2012)
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An assessment of the likely acceptability of vaginal microbicides for HIV prevention among women in rural Ghana
Martha A Abdulai, Frank Baiden, George Adjei, Samuel Afari-Asiedu, Kwame Adjei, Charlotte Tawiah, Sam Newton BMC Women's Health 2012, 12:40 (1 November 2012)
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The health of women in the US fire service
Sara A Jahnke, WS Carlos Poston, C Keith Haddock, Nattinee Jitnarin, Melissa L Hyder, Cheryl Horvath BMC Women's Health 2012, 12:39 (31 October 2012)
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Female firefighters have a more healthy body composition than their male counterparts, but are also more likely to use tobacco, suggesting that this occupational sub-population faces unique health risk behavior challenges.
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Medically unexplained illness and the diagnosis of hysterical conversion reaction (HCR) in women’s medicine wards of Bangladeshi hospitals: a record review and qualitative study
Emily A Kendall, Rashid Uz Zaman, Ruchira Tabassum Naved, Muhammad Waliur Rahman, Mohammad Abdul Kadir, Shaila Arman, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, Emily S Gurley BMC Women's Health 2012, 12:38 (22 October 2012)
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Six percent of female patients in Bangladesh's public hospital system are diagnosed with hysterical conversion reaction and treated with tranquilizers or placebos, suggesting that physicians need more training in handling somatization and other common psychiatric issues.
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Disclosure experience in a convenience sample of quebec-born women living with HIV: a phenomenological study
Geneviève Rouleau, José Côté, Chantal Cara BMC Women's Health 2012, 12:37 (18 October 2012)
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Patient understanding of the revised USPSTF screening mammogram guidelines: need for development of patient decision aids
Summer V Allen, Lise Solberg Nes, Mary L Marnach, Kristen Polga, Sarah M Jenkins, Julia A Files, Ivana T Croghan, Karthik Ghosh, Sandhya Pruthi BMC Women's Health 2012, 12:36 (10 October 2012)
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Triple negative breast cancer in Moroccan women: clinicopathological and therapeutic study at the National Institute of Oncology
Ghizlane Rais, Soundouss Raissouni, Meryem Aitelhaj, Fadoi Rais, Sara Naciri, Siham Khoyaali, Halima Abahssain, Youssef Bensouda, Basma Khannoussi, Hind Mrabti, Hassan Errihani BMC Women's Health 2012, 12:35 (7 October 2012)
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Factors associated with unintended pregnancy, poor birth outcomes and post-partum contraceptive use among HIV-positive female adolescents in Kenya
Francis Obare, Anke van der Kwaak, Harriet Birungi BMC Women's Health 2012, 12:34 (6 October 2012)
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Are there socioeconomic disparities in women having discussions on human papillomavirus vaccine with health care providers?
Ker Wong, Young Do BMC Women's Health 2012, 12:33 (4 October 2012)
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Socioeconomically disadvantaged women are just as likely as other women to discuss human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination with their healthcare providers (HCPs), suggesting that HCPs can promote HPV vaccine receipt among high risk groups.
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Mammography-based screening program: preliminary results from a first 2-year round in a Brazilian region using mobile and fixed units
Raphael Haikel, Edmundo Mauad, Thiago Silva, JacóSaraivadeCastro Mattos, Luciano Chala, Adhemar Longatto-Filho, Nestor de Barros BMC Women's Health 2012, 12:32 (2 October 2012)
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Awareness and utilization of modern contraceptives among street women in North-West Ethiopia
Berihun Megabiaw BMC Women's Health 2012, 12:31 (2 October 2012)
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Social support for women of reproductive age and its predictors: a population-based study
Azam Baheiraei, Mojgan Mirghafourvand, Eesa Mohammadi, Sakineh Mohammad-Alizadeh Charandabi, Saharnaz Nedjat BMC Women's Health 2012, 12:30 (18 September 2012)
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