The development of a quality of life instrument for use with post- menopausal women with urogenital atrophy in the UK and Sweden

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 393-398

  McKenna, Stephen P ^a   Whalley, Diane ^a   Renck Hooper, Ulla ^b   Carlin, Sonja ^b   Doward, Lynda C ^a  

^a GALEN RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b Pharmacia & Upjohn AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health status; Post menopausal women; Quality of life; Urogenital atrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; URGE INCONTINENCE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VAGINA ATROPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATROPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWEDEN; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0032775758     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008884703919     Document Type: Article

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