The menopause symptom profile of Maori and non-Maori women in New Zealand

Climacteric

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 467-474

  Lawton, B A ^a,b   Rose, S B ^a   Cormack, D M ^a   Stanley, J ^a   Dowell, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cross sectional; Hormone replacement therapy; Maori; Postmenopausal; Vasomotor symptoms

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSURIA; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LEG SWELLING; MAORI; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MYALGIA; NEW ZEALAND; NIGHT SWEAT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; VAGINAL DRYNESS;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEATING;

EID: 57349145696     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13697130802351094     Document Type: Article

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