Women's attitude and perceptions towards menopause in different cultures: Cross-cultural and intra-cultural comparison of pre-menopausal and post-menopausal women in Germany and in Papua New Guinea

Maturitas

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 227-235

  Kowalcek, Ingrid ^a   Rotte, Doerte ^b   Banz, Constanze ^a   Diedrich, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b Ganbin Hospital   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Attitudes to menopause; Culture; German women; Menopausal symptoms; Menopause; Papua New Guinea women; Pre menopausal women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ARTHRALGIA; ATTITUDE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MENOPAUSE; MYALGIA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PERCEPTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VAGINAL DRYNESS;

EID: 20644432427     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2004.07.011     Document Type: Article

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