Quality of life of women in the menopausal transition phase evaluated via the menopause rating scale (MRS);Calidad de vida de mujeres en fase de transición menopáusica evaluado por la menopause rating scale (MRS)

Revista Chilena de Obstetricia y Ginecologia

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 375-382

  Fanny Lopez A ^a   Roberto Soares De Lorenzi, Dino ^b   d'Andretta Tanaka, Ana Cristina ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Climacteric; Menopause; MRS scale; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651471099     PISSN: 0048766X     EISSN: 07177526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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