Women’s health in midlife: The influence of the menopause, social factors and health in earlier life

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 923-933

  Kuh, Diana L ^a   Wadsworth, Michael ^a   Hardy, Rebecca ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SLEEP DISORDERS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0030744779     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb14352.x     Document Type: Article

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