Health status of hormone replacement therapy users and non-users as determined by the SF-36 quality-of-life dimension

Climacteric

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 50-54

  Wilson, D H ^a   Taylor, A W ^a   MacLennan, A H ^b,c  

^a South Australian Health Commission   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health status; Hormone replacement therapy; Quality of life; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0032023899     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13697139809080681     Document Type: Article

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