Perceptions of menopause among rural women of Lahore

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 252-254

  Yahya, Samira ^a   Rehan, N ^b  

^a SHAIKH ZAYED HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b FATIMA JINNAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Menopause; Perception; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPAREUNIA; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; LIBIDO; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MENOPAUSE; PAKISTAN; PERCEPTION; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCTION; RURAL POPULATION; THAILAND; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0038504975     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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