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Research Article

Does psychosocial stress influence menstrual abnormalities in medical students?

R. KollipakaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College, MadagadipetCorrespondence[email protected]
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B. ArounassalameDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College, Madagadipet
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S. LakshminarayananDepartment of Community Medicine, JIPMER, Pondicherry, India
Pages 489-493 | Published online: 01 Jul 2013

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