Chinese women's symptoms: Relation to menopause, age and related attitudes

Climacteric

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 30-39

  Shea, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Attitudes; China; Chinese women; Menopausal status; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHINA; CHINESE; COGNITION; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 31544462360     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13697130500499914     Document Type: Article

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