Quality of life in diverse groups of midlife women: Assessing the influence of menopause, health status and psychosocial and demographic factors

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 933-946

  Avis, N E ^a   Assmann, S F ^b   Kravitz, H M ^c   Ganz, P A ^d   Ory, M ^e  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Menopause; Middle aged; Quality of life; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; TELEPHONE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 3242727876     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:QURE.0000025582.91310.9f     Document Type: Article

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