Exploring the prevalence of menopause symptoms in midlife women in methadone maintenance treatment

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 43-62

  Tuchman, Ellen ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Menopause; Menopause symptoms; Methadone maintenance; Social work

Indexed keywords

METHADONE; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; IRRITABILITY; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIATE ADDICTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRRITABLE MOOD; MENOPAUSE; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; NEW YORK CITY; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL WORK; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 38449107798     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v45n04_03     Document Type: Article

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