Climacteric symptoms and quality of life: Validity of women's health questionnaire

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 333-339

  da Silva Filho, Carlos Rodrigues ^a,c   Baracat, Edmundo Chad ^b   de Oliveira Conterno, Lucieni ^a   Haidar, Mauro Abi ^b   Ferraz, Marcos Bosi ^b  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE MARÍLIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Faculdade Estadual de Medicina de Marília   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Climacteric; Quality of Life; Questionnaires; Validity; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLIMACTERIUM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENSTRUATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SHORT FORM 36; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 23944447791     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102005000300002     Document Type: Article

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