Pilot study of menopause symptoms in a clinic population

Menopause

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 623-629

  Schnatz, Peter F ^a,b,c   Banever, Abigail E ^b   Greene, Jack F ^a,b,c   O'Sullivan, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Hispanic; Menopause; Quality of life; Socioeconomic factors; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NIGHT SWEAT; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP DISORDERS; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEATING;

EID: 25444442024     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.GME.0000156347.54144.AC     Document Type: Article

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