Menopause in Egypt: Past and present perspectives

Climacteric

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 421-429

  Sallam, H ^a   Galal, A F ^b   Rashed, A ^c  

^a Suzanne Mubarak Regional Center for Women's Health and Development   (Egypt)

^b Department of Obstetrics ^*  (Egypt)

^c Sciences and Education   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; CALCIUM; ESTROGEN; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR; TIBOLONE;

ARTHRALGIA; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; BONE DENSITY; COMMUNITY; EGYPT; FATIGUE; FEMUR NECK; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSOMNIA; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; ONSET AGE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY; SWEATING; SYMPTOM; TACHYCARDIA; VERTIGO;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BONE DENSITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PATIENT EDUCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33750608225     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13697130601030170     Document Type: Review

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