Experience of menopausal symptoms by women in an urban community in Ibadan, Nigeria

Menopause

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 822-830

  Olaolorun, Funmilola M ^a   Lawoyin, Taiwo O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Menopause; Nigeria; Prevalence; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BODY MASS; CLIMACTERIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE RATING SCALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NIGERIA; OCCUPATION; PARITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; SLEEP DISORDER; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEATING; SYMPTOM; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ARTHRALGIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL FATIGUE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DISEASES; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 68449098155     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e318198d6e7     Document Type: Article

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