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Susceptibility to nausea and motion sickness as a function of the menstrual cycle.

Robert L RL Matchock, Max E ME Levine, Peter J PJ Gianaros, and Robert M RM Stern

Womens Health Issues 18(4):328-35 (2008) PMID 18485739

The present study examined whether susceptibility to nausea and other symptoms of vection-induced motion sickness vary as a function of phase of the menstrual cycle, as research findings in this area are sparse and contradictory.

Copyright © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2008.01.006
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