Perceptions and attitudes toward the menopause among middle aged women from Guayaquil, Ecuador

Maturitas

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 233-238

  Leon, Patricia ^a,b   Chedraui, Peter ^a,c   Hidalgo, Luis ^a,b   Ortiz, Fernando ^c  

^a Ecuadorian Climacteric and Menopause Society (SECLIM)   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE GUAYAQUIL   (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE SANTIAGO DE GUAYAQUIL   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Attitude; Climacteric; Ecuador; Menopause; Perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATURITY; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; PREMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34250010025     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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