Menopause in highland Guatemala Mayan women

Maturitas

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 293-297

  Stewart, Donna E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mayan women; Menopause; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRRITABILITY; LIBIDO; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUATION; MOOD; NIGHT SWEAT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037466310     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5122(03)00036-7     Document Type: Article

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