Menopausal symptoms and health problems of women aged 50-65 years in Southern Jordan

Climacteric

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 305-311

  Shakhatreh, F ^a   Mas'ad, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Behaviors; Illness; Jordan; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRRITABILITY; JOINT STIFFNESS; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD CHANGE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; SCREENING; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

AGED; ARTHRALGIA; BONE AND BONES; CONSANGUINITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; JORDAN; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 33746626488     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13697130600861542     Document Type: Article

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