Knowledge of Bahraini women about the menopause and hormone therapy: Implications for health-care policy

Climacteric

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-48

  Jassim, G A ^a   Al Shboul, Q M ^a  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Bahraini women; Health policy; Knowledge; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH HAZARD; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MENOPAUSE; MENOPAUSE KNOWLEDGE SCALE; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; BAHRAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 58149175484     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13697130802447066     Document Type: Article

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