The effect of hormone therapy on the health-related quality of life in elderly women

Maturitas

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 122-128

  Eviö, Sirpa ^a   Pekkarinen, Tuula ^a   Sintonen, Harri ^b   Tiitinen, Aila ^a   Välimäki, Matti J ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Elderly women; Health related quality of life; Hormone therapy

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; OCCUPATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RATING SCALE; REGISTER; SENESCENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846098715     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2006.06.009     Document Type: Article

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