Symptom experiences of midlife women: Observations from the Seattle midlife women's health study

Maturitas

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-10

  Mitchell, Ellen S ^a   Woods, Nancy F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor analyses; Menopausal transaion; Midlife; Population based sample; Prospective data; Reliability and stability; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLIMACTERIUM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0030219696     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-5122(96)01047-X     Document Type: Article

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