Health-related concerns and experiences of employed perimenopausal women in Alexandria, Egypt

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 173-186

  Mikhail, Blanche I ^a   Ragheb, Mirrelle S ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARAB COUNTRIES; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASES; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH--WOMEN; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; MENOPAUSE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN AFRICA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; PREMENOPAUSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH REPORT; SATISFACTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AFRICA; ARAB COUNTRIES; BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EGYPT; HEALTH--WOMEN; INTERVIEWS; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; MENOPAUSE; NORTHERN AFRICA; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS;

ADULT; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0030093286     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399339609516231     Document Type: Article

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