Menopausal transition symptoms in midlife women living with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 600-614

  Wilbur, Joellen ^a   Shaver, Joan ^a   Kogan, Joseph ^a   Buntin, Mary ^a   Wang, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PREMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PREMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33746268969     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330600803741     Document Type: Article

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