How menopause affects the lives of women in suburban Chandigarh, India

Climacteric

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 175-180

  Kaur, S ^a   Walia, I ^a   Singh, A ^b  

^a National Institute of Nursing Education   (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

India; Menopause; Reproductive health; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INDIA; INTERVIEW; LIFE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOM; TENSION; URBAN AREA; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBURBAN HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 3242729211     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13697130410001713779     Document Type: Article

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