Prevalence of menopausal symptoms and quality of life after menopause in women from South India

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 106-109

  Bairy, Laxminarayana ^a   Adiga, Shalini ^a   Bhat, Parvathi ^a   Bhat, Rajeshwari ^b  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Dr TMA Pai Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Menopausal symptoms; MENQOL questionnaire; Sociodemographic; South Indian women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY DISORDER; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE SPECIFIC QUALITY OF LIFE; MYALGIA; OBSTETRICS; ONSET AGE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIOECONOMICS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VASOMOTOR DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOT FLUSH; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; INDIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 66549084379     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2009.00955.x     Document Type: Article

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