The quality of life in the post-menopausal woman

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 395-409

  Schneider, Hermann P G ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Menopause rating scale; Short form 36; Standardized menopause specific instruments; The Berlin Study

Indexed keywords

COPING BEHAVIOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WELLBEING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0036599381     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/beog.2002.0289     Document Type: Article

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