Menopausal issues: A national probability sample of US women

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 24-29

  Singh, Betsy ^a   Liu, Xiao Dong ^b   Der Martirosian, Claudia ^c   Hardy, Mary ^d   Singh, Vijay J ^c   Shepard, Neil ^e   Khorsan, Raheleh ^a  

^a BRCG   (United States)

^b Venice Family Clinic ^*

^c Venice Family Clinic   (United States)

^d BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Samueli Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENOPAUSE; MOOD; NIGHT SWEAT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 34248525341     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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