Measurement-specific quality-of-life satisfaction during the menopause in an arabian gulf country

Climacteric

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-49

  Bener, A ^b   Rizk, D E ^a   Shaheen, H ^b   Micallef, R ^a   Osman, N ^a   Dunn, E V ^b  

^a TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Menopause; Postmenopausal; Quality of life; Questionnaire; Sociodemographic; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACKACHE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; NECK PAIN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 0034122536     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13697130009167598     Document Type: Article

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