Awareness of risk of osteoporosis may cause uncertainty and worry in menopausal women

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 203-207

  Hvas, Lotte ^a   Reventlow, Susanne ^a   Jensen, Hans L ^a   Malterud, Kirsti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Awareness; communication; counselling; family practice; menopause; osteoporosis; qualitative research; risk; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; UNCERTAINTY;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 15544379241     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940510005716     Document Type: Article

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