Does the menopausal transition affect health-related quality of life?

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue 12 SUPPL. 2, 2005, Pages 25-36

  Matthews, Karen A ^a,b   Bromberger, Joyce T ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Menopause; Quality of life; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

CLIMACTERIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUATION; MORBIDITY; PERCEPTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 30544455278     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.09.032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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