The menopausal experience of Greek women living in Sydney

Menopause

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 476-481

  Liu, Jinzhu ^a,b   Eden, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Greek women; Menopausal symptoms; Menopause Specific Quality of Life questionnaire; Sociodemographic; Sydney

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; DEMOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; NERVOUSNESS; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; VAGINAL DRYNESS;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 43249099567     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e318154bda0     Document Type: Article

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