The menopausal transition: Does it induce women's worries about aging?

Climacteric

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 333-341

  Netz, Y ^a   Zach, S ^a   Dennerstein, L ^b   Guthrie, J R ^b  

^a WINGATE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Attitudes; Menopausal transition; Menopause; Worries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MENSTRUATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SELF REPORT;

AGING; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 27744514638     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13697130500345224     Document Type: Article

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