Self-concept and menopause among mid-life women: A survey in southern Taiwan

Maturitas

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 132-138

  Shu, Bih Ching ^a   Luh, Wei Ming ^b   Li, Shih Ming ^c   Lu, Shin Yi ^d  

^a Institute of Biomedical Science   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Community women; Menopause; Mid life; Self concept

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIWAN;

FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SELF CONCEPT; TAIWAN;

EID: 34248647886     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2006.11.011     Document Type: Article

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