Factors associated with climacteric symptoms and the use of hormone replacement therapy

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 286-292

  Stadberg, Elisabeth ^a   Mattsson, Lars Åke ^a   Milsom, Ian ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climacteric; Epidemiology; Hormone replacement therapy (HRT); Prevalence of HRT use; Vasomotor symptoms

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DRY EYE; DRY SKIN; EDUCATION; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM; WELLBEING; XEROSTOMIA;

CLIMACTERIC; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 0034017311     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2000.079004286.x     Document Type: Article

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