Psychosocial factors, attitude to menopause and symptoms in Swedish perimenopausal women

Climacteric

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-42

  Barth Olofsson, A S ^a   Collins, A ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitude to menopause; Population based; Psychosocial factors; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MENOPAUSE; MOOD; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWEDEN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

EID: 0034081961     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13697130009167597     Document Type: Article

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