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Prevalence, symptoms and management of uterine fibroids: an international internet-based survey of 21,746 women
Anne Zimmermann, David Bernuit, Christoph Gerlinger, Matthias Schaefers, Katharina Geppert BMC Women's Health 2012, 12:6 (26 March 2012)
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Uterine fibroids occur in a significant proportion of women of reproductive age worldwide, and frequently result in symptoms including bleeding and pain, suggesting that the negative impact of uterine fibroids is a global phenomenon.
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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 Dällenbach BMC Women's Health 2009, 9:28 (25 September 2009)
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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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Barriers to condom use among women at risk of HIV/AIDS: a qualitative study from Iran
Razieh Lotfi, Fahimeh Tehrani, Farideh Yaghmaei, Ebrahim Hajizadeh BMC Women's Health 2012, 12:13 (24 May 2012)
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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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547 Accesses
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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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Physical health symptoms reported by trafficked women receiving post-trafficking support in Moldova: prevalence, severity and associated factors
Siân Oram, Nicolae V Ostrovschi, Viorel I Gorceag, Mihai A Hotineanu, Lilia Gorceag, Carolina Trigub, Melanie Abas BMC Women's Health 2012, 12:20 (26 July 2012)
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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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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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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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407 Accesses
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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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394 Accesses
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Receiving voluntary family planning services has no relationship with the paradoxical situation of high use of contraceptives and abortion in Vietnam: a cross-sectional study
Phuong Nguyen, Meiwita P Budiharsana BMC Women's Health 2012, 12:14 (28 May 2012)
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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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The ESEP study: Salpingostomy versus salpingectomy for tubal ectopic pregnancy; The impact on future fertility: A randomised controlled trial
Femke Mol, Annika Strandell, Davor Jurkovic, Tamer Yalcinkaya, Harold R Verhoeve, Carolien AM Koks, Paul JQ van der Linden, Giuseppe CM Graziosi, Andreas L Thurkow, Annemieke Hoek, Lars Hogström, Ingemar Klinte, Kerstin Nilsson, Norah M van Mello, Willem M Ankum, Fulco van der Veen, Ben WM Mol, Petra J Hajenius, the European Surgery in Ectopic Pregnancy (ESEP) study group BMC Women's Health 2008, 8:11 (26 June 2008)
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Cryo-thawed embryo transfer: natural versus artificial cycle. A non-inferiority trial.(ANTARCTICA trial)
Eva R Groenewoud, Nick S Macklon, Ben J Cohlen, on behalf of the ANTARCTICA trial study group BMC Women's Health 2012, 12:27 (5 September 2012)
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Knowledge, attitude and practice of emergency contraceptive among women who seek abortion care at Jimma University specialized hospital, southwest Ethiopia
Tatek Tesfaye, Tizta Tilahun, Eshetu Girma BMC Women's Health 2012, 12:3 (12 March 2012)
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363 Accesses
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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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360 Accesses
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Psychosocial impact of perinatal loss among Muslim women
Rosnah Sutan, Hazlina Miskam BMC Women's Health 2012, 12:15 (18 June 2012)
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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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338 Accesses
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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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333 Accesses
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The risk of menstrual abnormalities after tubal sterilization: a case control study
Mehri shobeiri, Simin AtashKhoii BMC Women's Health 2005, 5:5 (2 May 2005)
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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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Effectiveness of Compounded Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy: An Observational Cohort Study
Andres D Ruiz, Kelly R Daniels, Jamie C Barner, John J Carson, Christopher R Frei BMC Women's Health 2011, 11:27 (8 June 2011)
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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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286 Accesses
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The Lactobacillus flora in vagina and rectum of fertile and postmenopausal healthy Swedish women
Rita J Gustafsson, Siv Ahrné, Bengt Jeppsson, Cecilia Benoni, Crister Olsson, Martin Stjernquist, Bodil Ohlsson BMC Women's Health 2011, 11:17 (25 May 2011)
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