Self-care actions taken for vasomotor symptoms by some postmenopausal Kelantanese women

Climacteric

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 518-524

  Dhillon, H K ^a,c   Singh, H J ^b   Nik Mahmood, N Mohd Zaki ^a   Ghaffar, N A ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Postmenopausal Kelantanese women; Self care actions; Vasomotor symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; NIGHT SWEAT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; VASOMOTOR DISORDER;

FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SWEATING; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 57349157766     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13697130802491031     Document Type: Article

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