Integrating the patient's views into the measurement of quality of life: Examples from the peri- and post-menopausal periods

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 775-784

  Marciniak, Anne ^a   Niero, Mauro ^b  

^a PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Concepts; Peri menopause; Post menopause; Quality of Life; Subjective views

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0034474432     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1008986225602     Document Type: Article

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