Menopausal symptoms in mid-life women in Southern China

Climacteric

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 329-336

  Yang, Dongzi ^a   Haines, C J ^b   Pan, Ping ^a,l   Zhang, Qingxue ^a   Sun, Yanmei ^a   Hong, Shunjia ^a   Tian, Fenglian ^c   Bai, Baomin ^d   Peng, Xueming ^d   Chen, Weihong ^e   Yang, Xiaohui ^e   Chen, Yuechang ^e   Feng, Hong ^f   Zhao, Shuhua ^g   Lei, Huizhong ^h   Jiang, Zhoumei ⁱ   Ma, Xiaohui ^j   Liao, Weiqiong ^k  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c GUANGDONG WOMEN AND CHILDREN HOSPITAL   (China)

^d Boai Hospital of Zhongshan Affiliated to Southern Medical University

^e Xinhui Women and Children's Hospital

^f Nanhai Women and Children's Hospital

^g Yunfu Renmin Hospital

^h Qingyuan Renmin Hospital

ⁱ Guangdong Provincial Peoples Hospital   (China)

^j Huanxian Women and Children's Hospital

^k Haizhu District Stomatological Hospital   (China)

^l Guangdong Provincial Family Planning Research Institute   (China)

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Author keywords

Epidemiology; Menopause; Menopause symptoms; Mid life; South China

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG USE; DYSPHORIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART PALPITATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INVOLUTIONAL DEPRESSION; LIBIDO DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MORBIDITY; MYALGIA; NERVOUSNESS; OCCUPATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINAL DRYNESS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIZZINESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OCCUPATIONS; PAIN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SWEATING;

EID: 47749122592     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13697130802239075     Document Type: Article

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