Climacteric symptoms and knowledge about hormone replacement therapy among Hong Kong Chinese women aged 40-60 years

Maturitas

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 99-107

  Lam, Po Mui ^a   Leung, Tse Ngong ^b   Haines, Christopher ^b   Chung, Tony Kwok Hung ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Muscle; Osteoporosis; Postmenopausal; Surgical menopause

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MYALGIA; NIGHT SWEAT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ESTROGEN THERAPY; HONG KONG; INTERVIEW; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HONG KONG; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0142030473     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5122(03)00090-2     Document Type: Article

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