Symptom reporting at menopause: A review of cross-cultural findings

Journal of the British Menopause Society

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 132-136

  Lock, Margaret ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological variation; Cross cultural research; Culture; Menopausal symptomatology; Subjective reporting

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; SEX HORMONE;

ANXIETY; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CANADA; CLIMACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN URINE LEVEL; EXPERIENCE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FROZEN SHOULDER; HEADACHE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENSTRUATION; NIGHT SWEAT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIETY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VASOMOTOR DISORDER; VERTIGO;

EID: 0036951248     PISSN: 13621807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/136218002100321965     Document Type: Review

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