Cross-sectional community survey of menopause symptoms among Japanese women

Maturitas

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 260-267

  Ishizuka, Bunpei ^a   Kudo, Yoshiko ^b   Tango, Toshiro ^c  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross sectional community study; Hot flash; Japanese; Menopausal symptoms; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FROZEN SHOULDER; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENTAL STRESS; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEAT;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 56949098613     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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