Quality of life after the menopause in Iran: A population study

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 813-819

  Fallahzadeh, Hossien ^a  

^a SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Climacteric symptoms; Estrogens; Postmenopausal stage; Specific quality of life questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77957559073     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-010-9644-2     Document Type: Article

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