Assessing menopausal symptoms among healthy middle aged women with the Menopause Rating Scale

Maturitas

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 271-278

  Chedraui, Peter ^a,b   Aguirre, Wellington ^c   Hidalgo, Luis ^a,b   Fayad, Luiggi ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE SANTIAGO DE GUAYAQUIL   (Ecuador)

^b Foundation for Health and Well Being in the Climacteric FUCLIM   (Ecuador)

^c Unidad de Salud Postmenopáusica y Endocrinología Femenina USMEF   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Menopausal symptoms; Menopause; Menopause rating scale

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; MENOPAUSE RATING SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE DISEASE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34250026170     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

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