Women's perception and experience of menopause: A community-based study in Alexandria, Egypt

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  Loutfy, I ^a   Abdel Aziz, F A ^b   Dabbous, N I ^c   Hassan, Monah H A ^c  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Alexandria University   (Egypt)

^c High Institute of Public Health Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EGYPT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FRUIT VEGETABLE; HEADACHE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; LIBIDO DISORDER; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; OLIGOMENORRHEA; PATTERN RECOGNITION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF CARE; SUN EXPOSURE; SYMPTOM; VAGINA BLEEDING; WRINKLE;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGYPT; EMPLOYMENT; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEADACHE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCOME; MARITAL STATUS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CARE; URINATION DISORDERS; WOMEN;

EID: 33845995468     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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