Impact of menopause on quality of life in community-based women in China

Menopause

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 144-149

  Chen, Ying ^a   Lin, Shou Qing ^a   Wei, Yang ^b   Gao, Hong Lian ^a   Wang, Shao Hai ^a   Wu, Zheng Lai ^c  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Century Forum Hospital   (China)

^c PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

China; Community based women; Menopause; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHINA; CLIMACTERIUM; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 38049038385     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e318115150e     Document Type: Article

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