Predictors of declining self-rated health during the transition to menopause

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-153

  Dennerstein, Lorraine ^a   Dudley, Emma C ^a   Guthrie, Janet R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Body mass index; Menopausal transition; Psychosocial variables; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; DYSPHORIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LIBIDO DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SELF CONCEPT;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0037291504     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(02)00415-4     Document Type: Article

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