Relationship between menopausal symptoms and menopausal status in Australian and Japanese women: Preliminary analysis

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 173-180

  Anderson, Debra ^a   Yoshizawa, Toyoko ^b   Gollschewski, Sara ^a   Atogami, Fumi ^b   Courtney, Mary ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b NAGANO COLLEGE OF NURSING   (Japan)

Author keywords

Australian; Cross cultural; Japanese; Menopausal status; Menopausal symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA (SENSORY DYSFUNCTION); ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; EXPERIENCE; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVOUSNESS; NIGHT SWEAT; PARESTHESIA; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SKIN TINGLING; SLEEP DISORDER; VASOMOTOR DISORDER;

AUSTRALIA; CLIMACTERIC; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 4444285923     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2004.00190.x     Document Type: Article

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