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BMC Women's Health is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of gynaecological, fertility, and breast disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.
BMC Women's Health (ISSN 1472-6874) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE, Cinahl and Google Scholar.
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Research article
Characteristics of patients initiating raloxifene compared to those initiating bisphosphonates Shonda A Foster, Kathleen A Foley, Eric S Meadows, Joseph A Johnston, Sara Wang, Gerhardt M Pohl, Stacey R Long BMC Women's Health 2008, 8 :24 (23 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Commentary
New paradigms in cervical cancer prevention: opportunities and risks Guglielmo Ronco, Paolo Giorgi Rossi BMC Women's Health 2008, 8 :23 (17 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Commentary
Advances in hormone replacement therapy: making the menopause manageable Santiago Palacios BMC Women's Health 2008, 8 :22 (27 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Preliminary development of a scale to measure stigma relating to sexually transmitted infections among women in a high risk neighbourhood Melanie LA Rusch, Jean A Shoveller, Susan Burgess, Karen Stancer, David M Patrick, Mark W Tyndall BMC Women's Health 2008, 8 :21 (20 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Mammography screening: views from women and primary care physicians in Crete Maria Trigoni, Frances Griffiths, Dimitris Tsiftsis, Eugenios Koumantakis, Eileen Green, Christos Lionis BMC Women's Health 2008, 8 :20 (7 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Hormonal contraception, sexual behaviour and HIV prevalence among women in Cameroon Eugene J Kongnyuy, Varda Soskolne, Bella Adler BMC Women's Health 2008, 8 :19 (30 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Frequency format diagram and probability chart for breast cancer risk communication: a prospective, randomized trial Karthik Ghosh, Brianna J Crawford, Sandhya Pruthi, Constance I Williams, Lonzetta Neal, Nicole P Sandhu, Ruth E Johnson, Dietlind Wahner-Roedler, Marcia K Britain, Stephen S Cha, Amit K Ghosh BMC Women's Health 2008, 8 :18 (20 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Intimate partner violence among pregnant women in Rwanda Joseph Ntaganira, Adamson S Muula, Florence Masaisa, Fidens Dusabeyezu, Seter Siziya, Emmanuel Rudatsikira BMC Women's Health 2008, 8 :17 (10 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Reference population for international comparisons and time trend surveillance of preterm delivery proportions in three countries Nils-Halvdan Morken, Ida Vogel, Karin Kallen, Rolv Skj BMC Women's Health 2008, 8 :16 (25 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Factors associated with wife beating in Egypt: Analysis of two surveys (1995 and 2005) Manas K Akmatov, Rafael T Mikolajczyk, Shokria Labeeb, Enas Dhaher, Md Mobarak Khan BMC Women's Health 2008, 8 :15 (18 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Common genetic variants of the ion channel transient receptor potential membrane melastatin 6 and 7 (TRPM6 and TRPM7), magnesium intake, and risk of type 2 diabetes in women Yiqing Song, Yi-Hsiang Hsu, Tianhua Niu, JoAnn E. Manson, Julie E. Buring, Simin Liu BMC Medical Genetics 2009, 10 :4 (17 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Study protocol
The impact of iron supplementation efficiency in female blood donors with a decreased ferritin level and no anaemia. Rationale and design of a randomised controlled trial: a study protocol. Baptiste Pedrazzini, Sophie Waldvogel, Paul Vaucher, Raphael Bize, Jacques Cornuz, Jean-Daniel Tissot, Alain Pecoud, Bernard Favrat Trials 2009, 10 :4 (16 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Study protocol
Total laparoscopic hysterectomy versus abdominal hysterectomy in the treatment of patients with early stage endometrial cancer:
A randomized multi center study
Claudia B.M. Bijen, Justine M. Briet, Geertruida H. de Bock, Henriette J.G. Arts, Johanna A Bergsma-Kadijk, Marian J.E. Mourits BMC Cancer 2009, 9 :23 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Hypothesis
Mouse models for preeclampsia: disruption of redox-regulated signaling Subhasis Banerjee, Harpal Randeva, Anne E Chambers Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2009, 7 :4 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research article
Post abortion family planning counseling as a tool to increase contraception use
Ali Ceylan, Meliksah Ertem, Gunay Saka, Nurten Akdeniz BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :20 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Correlation between MMPs and their inhibitors in breast cancer tumor tissue specimens and in cell lines with different metastatic potential Rita C S Figueira, Luciana R Gomes, Joao S Neto, Fabricio C Silva, Ismael D C G Silva, Mari C Sogayar BMC Cancer 2009, 9 :20 (14 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Case Report
Uterine tumours resembling ovarian sex cord tumours: a case report Omar Aziz, John Giles, Simon Knowles Cases Journal 2009, 2 :55 (14 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Review
Enhancing the efficacy of cisplatin in ovarian cancer treatment - could arsenic have a role C. William Helm, J. Christopher States Journal of Ovarian Research 2009, 2 :2 (14 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
The value of diffusion-weighted imaging in assessing the ADC changes of tissues adjacent to breast carcinoma Zhang Yili, Huang Xiaoyan, Du Hongwen, Zhang Yun, Chen Xin, Wang Peng, Guo Youmin BMC Cancer 2009, 9 :18 (14 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research
Luteal blood flow and luteal function Akihisa Takasaki, Hiroshi Tamura, Ken Taniguchi, Hiromi Asada, Toshiaki Taketani, Aki Matsuoka, Yoshiaki Yamagata, Katsunori Shimamura, Hitoshi Morioka, Norihiro Sugino Journal of Ovarian Research 2009, 2 :1 (14 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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