The perimenopausal transition of Filipino American midlife women: Biopsychosociocultural dimensions

Nursing Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 71-77

  Berg, Judith A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Filipino women; Midlife women's health; Perimenopausal transition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PHILIPPINES; PREMENOPAUSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHILIPPINES; PREMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0033090261     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-199903000-00005     Document Type: Article

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