Prevalence of climacteric symptoms in women living in rural and urban areas of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil;Prevalência de sintomas do climatério em mulheres dos meios rural e urbano no Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil

Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetricia

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 415-422

  Da Silveira, Inavan Lopes ^a   Petronilo, Patrícia Arboés ^b   Souza, Maxwell De Oliveira ^a   Costa E Silva, Thiago Demétrio Nogueira ^a   Duarte, João Marcelo Brasil Pinheiro ^a   Maranhão, Técia Maria De Oliveira ^a   De Azevedo, George Dantas ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b Programa de Saude da Familia (PSF) em Sao Goncalo do Amarante   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Climacteric diagnosis; Menopause; Rural population; Urban population

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349021387     PISSN: 01007203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-72032007000800006     Document Type: Article

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