Climacteric symptoms among Japanese women and men: Comparison of four symptom checklists

Climacteric

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 298-304

  Melby, M ^a,b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^c Laboratory of Public Health Nutrition and Epidemiology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climacteric symptoms; Japan; Men; Symptom checklists; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLATT KUPPERMAN INDEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; JAPAN; KANAZAWA INDEX; LOCK INDEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; NERVOUSNESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIMPLIFIED MENOPAUSAL INDEX; SOYBEAN; STANDARDIZATION; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ANDROPAUSE; ANXIETY; CLIMACTERIC; DIET RECORDS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE MOOD; JAPAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SHOULDER PAIN; SOYBEANS; STRESS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SWEATING;

EID: 33746635168     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13697130600868653     Document Type: Article

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