Health-related quality of life in a multiethnic sample of middle-aged women: Study of women's health across the nation (SWAN)

Medical Care

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1262-1276

  Avis, Nancy E ^a   Ory, Marcia ^b   Matthews, Karen A ^c   Schocken, Miriam ^d   Bromberger, Joyce ^c   Colvin, Alicia ^c  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; Health related quality of life; Menopause; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MARRIAGE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EDUCATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARITAL STATUS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0642281052     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MLR.0000093479.39115.AF     Document Type: Article

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