Menopause, symptoms, and quality of life: Time for a theoretical framework

Menopause

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 892-893

  Woods, Nancy Fugate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EDITORIAL; HORMONAL THERAPY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; MENOPAUSE RELATED DISORDER; POSTMENOPAUSE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; VASOMOTOR DISORDER;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 77957719017     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3181eba09a     Document Type: Editorial

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