Quality of life impairment among postmenopausal women varies according to race

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 491-497

  Monterrosa, Alvaro ^a   Blumel, Juan E ^b   Chedraui, Peter ^c   Gomez, Belkis ^a   Valdez, Cenilda ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CARTAGENA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c Instituto Para la Salud de la Mujer   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Black race; Hispanic; Indigenous; Menopause Rating Scale; Postmenopause; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLOMBIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENTAL DISEASE; NEGRO; POPULATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; RATING SCALE; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COLOMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION GROUPS; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 70350650822     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09513590902972091     Document Type: Article

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