Menopausal transition and psychological development

Menopause

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 179-187

  Busch, H ^b   Barth Olofsson, A S ^b   Rosenhagen, S ^b   Collins, A ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attitude to menopause; Menopausal symptoms; Menopause; Psychological development; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLIMACTERIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; HOSPITALIZATION; HOT FLUSH; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SWEDEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0037866738     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042192-200310020-00011     Document Type: Article

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