Attitudes of Bahraini women towards the menopause: Implications for health care policy

Maturitas

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 358-372

  Jassim, Ghufran Ahmed ^a   Al Shboul, Qasim ^a  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Bahraini women; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TOWARDS MENOPAUSE SCALE; BAHRAIN; CLIMACTERIUM; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE; HOME; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MEAN AVERAGE ATTITUDE SCORE; MENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BAHRAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 44349083537     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2008.03.014     Document Type: Article

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