Women's Midlife symptom-reporting in China: Cross-cultural analysis

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 219-222

  Shea, Jeanne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; CANADA; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33645578985     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20490     Document Type: Article

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