Psychological status at the menopausal transition: An Italian epidemiological study

Maturitas

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-124

  Amore, Mario ^a   Di Donato, Pietro ^b   Papalini, Alessandro ^c   Berti, Annalisa ^a   Palareti, Aldopaolo ^c   Ferrari, Giuseppe ^c   Chirico, Carla ^b   De Aloysio, Domenico ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Santissima Annunziata   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiological; Menopause; Psychosocial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG PREFERENCE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INVOLUTIONAL DEPRESSION; ITALY; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOOD DISORDER; PERSONAL MONITORING; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; REVIEW; SEXUALITY; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 2542591601     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2003.08.010     Document Type: Article

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