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. 1985 Nov;75(11):1335–1337. doi: 10.2105/ajph.75.11.1335

Caffeine-containing beverages and premenstrual syndrome in young women.

A M Rossignol
PMCID: PMC1646701  PMID: 4051076

Abstract

I evaluated the hypothesis that consumption of caffeine-containing beverages causes premenstrual syndrome by studying 295 college sophomores. Data about premenstrual syndrome and beverage consumption were collected by a self-administered questionnaire. Analysis of the data revealed that consumption of caffeine-containing beverages is strongly related to the presence and severity of premenstrual syndrome and that the effects exist for most of the premenstrual symptoms studied.

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