Increased menopausal symptoms among Afro-Colombian women as assessed with the Menopause Rating Scale

Maturitas

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 182-190

  Monterrosa, Alvaro ^a   Blumel, Juan E ^b   Chedraui, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CARTAGENA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE SANTIAGO DE GUAYAQUIL   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Black race; Colombia; Menopausal symptoms; Menopause; Menopause Rating Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEGRO; PARITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANXIETY; ARTHRALGIA; COLOMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 40249095881     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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