Severity of menopausal symptoms of Jordanian women

Climacteric

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 385-394

  Gharaibeh, M ^a   Al Obeisat, S ^a   Hattab, J ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b Ministry of Health Jordan   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Jordanian women; Menopause; Severity of symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; NIGHT SWEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; AGE; ARTHRALGIA; CLIMACTERIUM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ESTROGEN THERAPY; ETHNOLOGY; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HOT FLASHES; INCOME; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; PREMENOPAUSE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEATING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGE FACTORS; ARTHRALGIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; INCOME; JORDAN; MARITAL STATUS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PERIMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; PREMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEATING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77953552939     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13697130903050009     Document Type: Article

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