Mental disorder assessed by general health questionnaire and back pain among postmenopausal Iranian women

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 809-812

  Saiepour, Nargess ^a   Mohammad, Kazem ^a   Abhari, Roya ^a   Zeraati, Hojjat ^a   Noorbala, Ahmad Ali ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Back pain; Iranian National Health Survey; Mental disorder; Postmenopause

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; BACK PAIN; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRAN; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 53749086991     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2008.809.812     Document Type: Article

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