Factors associated with menopausal symptoms and their relationship with the quality of life among Turkish women

Maturitas

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-82

  Karaçam, Zekiye ^a   Şeker, Sibel Erkan ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Menopausal symptom; Quality of life; Turkish women; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; COFFEE; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; MENOPAUSE SYMPTOM CHECKLIST; MOS 36 ITEM SHORT FORM HEALTH SURVEY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUTRITION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS; STRESS MANAGEMENT; SYMPTOM; TEA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TURKEY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34547929723     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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