Assessment of quality of life using the menopause rating scale in women aged 40 to 59 years;Evaluación de la calidad de vida en mujeres de 40 a 59 años mediante la escala MRS (menopause rating scale)

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 136, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1511-1517

  del Prado, Mónica A ^a   Fuenzalida, Andrea ^a   Jara, Daniela ^a   Figueroa, Rodrigo J ^a   Flores, Daniel ^a   Blumel, Juan E M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Menopause; Quality of life; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 63049104040     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: 07176163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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