Well-being during the menopausal transition and early postmenopause: A longitudinal analysis

Menopause

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1095-1102

  Smith Dijulio, Kathleen ^a   Woods, Nancy Fugate ^a   Mitchell, Ellen Sullivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Early postmenopause; Longitudinal analysis; Menopausal transition; Multilevel modeling.; Well being

Indexed keywords

ESTRONE GLUCURONIDE; FOLLITROPIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTRONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URINALYSIS; WELLBEING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; MENOPAUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; URINE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTRONE; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 63349105819     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3181728451     Document Type: Article

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