Menopausal symptom perception and severity: Results from a screening questionnaire

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 940-948

  Berg, Judith A ^a   Larson, Cheryl A ^a   Pasvogel, Alice E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Menopause symptoms; Nurses; Nursing; Reproduction; Severity; Symptom perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLIMACTERIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AFFECT; CLIMACTERIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 40449086228     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02112.x     Document Type: Article

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