Constructing a standard climacteric scale

Maturitas

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-31

  Greene, J G ^a  

^a Neilston   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climacteric symptoms; Factor analyses; Measurement; Menopause; Scale

Indexed keywords

CLIMACTERIUM; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; STANDARD; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0032550785     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5122(98)00025-5     Document Type: Article

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