International versions of the Menopause Rating Scale (MRS)

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Heinemann, Lothar A J ^a   Potthoff, Peter ^b   Schneider, Hermann P G ^c  

^a Berlin Center for Epidemiology and Health Research   (Germany)

^b NFO Health Europe   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

International MRS Versions; Menopausal Symptoms; MRS; Quality of Life; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INDONESIA; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPAIN; STANDARD; SWEDEN; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LANGUAGE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 4243181350     PISSN: 14777525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-1-28     Document Type: Review

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