Parsing the ageing Asian woman: Symptom results from the China Study of Midlife Women

Maturitas

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-50

  Shea, Jeanne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese women; Cross cultural comparison; Midlife symptom reporting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; JAPAN; LITERATURE; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33746257218     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2005.12.010     Document Type: Article

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