Demographic characteristics and medical aspects of menopausal women in Taiwan

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 806-811

  Chow, Song Nan ^a,b   Huang, Chien Chu ^a   Lee, Yuan Teh ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Healthcare planning; Hormone replacement therapy; Malignancy; Menopause; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BONE MINERAL; CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; REVIEW; TAIWAN;

AGE FACTORS; ASIA; BIOLOGY; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN ASIA; HEART DISEASES--WOMEN; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; MENOPAUSE; NEOPLASMS--WOMEN; OSTEOPOROSIS--WOMEN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS; SKELETAL EFFECTS; STUDIES; SURVEYS; TAIWAN; TREATMENT;

ADULT; AGED; BONE DENSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OSTEOPOROSIS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0030731070     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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