Pain Management Nursing
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 40-47 , March 2009

Evaluation of Menstrual Pain Management Approaches by Northeastern Anatolian Adolescents

Presented at the Palandoken National Congress of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, March 15-19, 2006, Erzurum, Turkey.

  • Gulsen Eryilmaz, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Gulsen Eryilaz, PhD, Asagi Mumcu cad. Hurriyet Is Merkezi, Kat: 2, No: 11, Erzurum 25200, Turkey
    • ,
  • Funda Ozdemir, MSc

Received 16 January 2008 ,Revised 6 August 2008 ,Accepted 9 September 2008.

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