Symptoms reported by women in midlife: Menopausal transition or aging?

Menopause

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1021-1029

  Berecki Gisolf, Janneke ^a   Begum, Nelufa ^a   Dobson, Annette J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Longitudinal; Menopausal transition; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUATION; MIGRAINE; NIGHT SWEAT; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINE INCONTINENCE; VASOMOTOR DISORDER;

AGING; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PAIN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; URINARY INCONTINENCE; WOMEN;

EID: 73349101011     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3181a8c49f     Document Type: Article

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