Assessment of the variation in menopausal symptoms with age, education and working/non-working status in north-Indian sub population using menopause rating scale (MRS)

Maturitas

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 306-314

  Kakkar, V ^a   Kaur, D ^b   Chopra, K ^a   Kaur, A ^a   Kaur, I P ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Darshanjot Medical and Health Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Age; Education; Menopausal; MRS; Perimenopausal; Postmenopausal; Working

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; MENOPAUSE RATING SCALE; ONSET AGE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORK;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; INDIA; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34250001103     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2007.02.026     Document Type: Article

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