The effects of abuse on health problems in menopausal women

Menopause

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-4

  Pinkerton, Joann V ^a   Dougherty, Patricia ^a   Modesitt, Susan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDITORIAL; ETHNICITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MEDICAL SERVICE; MENOPAUSE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NIGHT SWEAT; OVARY CANCER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; VIOLENCE;

ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP DISORDERS; SWEATING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 38049079263     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e31815b89ec     Document Type: Editorial

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