High-order maternity may be a more significant determinant of quality of midlife than some of the climacteric symptoms

Menopause

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 670-674

  Haimov Kochman, Ronit ^a   Brzezinski, Amnon ^a   Hochner Celnikier, Drorith ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Greene scale; Hormone therapy; Lifestyle; Menopause; Quality of life; Vasomotor symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 79958820839     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3181fcd9d4     Document Type: Article

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