Educational and organizational interventions used to improve the knowledge of metabolic syndrome among postmenopausal women

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 444-446

  Barriga, Jose ^a   Castelo Branco, Camil ^b   Chedraui, Peter ^a,c   Hidalgo, Luis ^a,c   Veas, Priscila ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE SANTIAGO DE GUAYAQUIL   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Foundation for Health and Well Being in the Climacteric FUCLIM   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK;

EID: 48049122214     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.06.039     Document Type: Article

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