Menopausal transitions, symptoms and country of birth: The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 563-570

  Mishra, Gita ^a   Lee, Christina ^a   Brown, Wendy ^b   Dobson, Annette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; NIGHT SWEAT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0036969893     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2002.tb00367.x     Document Type: Article

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