Disentangling cultural issues in quality of life data

Menopause

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 708-716

  Avis, Nancy E ^a   Colvin, Alicia ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross culture; Health related quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAUCASIAN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL STATUS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447324641     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e318030c32b     Document Type: Conference Paper

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