A situation-specific theory of asian immigrant women's menopausal symptom experience in the United States

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-157

  Im, Eun Ok ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian; Immigrant; Menopausal symptom experience; Midlife women; Situation specific theory

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ESTROGEN THERAPY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MENOPAUSE; MIGRATION; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ASIAN AMERICANS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MENOPAUSE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NURSING; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952634652     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANS.0b013e3181dbc5fa     Document Type: Article

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