Women and menopause: Beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors. The North American menopause society 1997 menopause survey

Menopause

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 197-202

  Kaufert, Patricia ^a,b   Boggs, Pamela P ^a   Ettinger, Bruce ^a   Woods, Nancy Fugate ^a   Utian, Wulf H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitude; Hormone replacement therapy; Information; Menopause; Telephone survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ATTITUDE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; IRRITABILITY; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; REVIEW; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 0031743650     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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