Quality-of-life assessment in community-dwelling, middle-aged, healthy women in Japan

Climacteric

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 146-153

  Satoh, T ^a   Ohashi, K ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community dwelling healthy women; Menopausal symptoms; Menstrual status; WHOQOL

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CLIMACTERIUM; COLON CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; KUPPERMAN SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH CANCER; TUBERCULOSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMPLOYMENT; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 20844437420     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13697130500117961     Document Type: Article

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