Symptom responses of midlife Filipina Americans

Menopause

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-121

  Berg, Judith A ^a,b   Taylor, Diana L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Filipino American women; Menopause; Perimenopausal transition; Symptom response

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; PHILIPPINES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032992180     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042192-199906020-00007     Document Type: Article

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