Women's Health Issues
Volume 14, Issue 6 , Pages 235-241 , November 2004

Association between psychological stress and menstrual cycle characteristics in perimenopausal women

  • Susannah Heyer Barsom

      Affiliations

    • Department of Behavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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  • Phyllis Kernoff Mansfield

      Affiliations

    • Department of Behavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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  • Patricia Bartholow Koch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Behavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Department of Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
    • ,
  • Gretchen Gierach

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    • ,
  • Sheila G. West

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA

Received 15 April 2004 ,Revised 18 June 2004 ,Accepted 9 July 2004.

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PII: S1049-3867(04)00071-4

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2004.07.006

Women's Health Issues
Volume 14, Issue 6 , Pages 235-241 , November 2004

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