Methods used in cross-cultural comparisons of somatic symptoms and their determinants

Maturitas

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-134

  Sievert, Lynnette Leidy ^a   Anderson, Debra ^b   Melby, Melissa K ^c,d   Obermeyer, Carla Makhlouf ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Menopause; Methodology; Somatic symptoms

Indexed keywords

BREATHING DISORDER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIZZINESS; FATIGUE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SKIN TINGLING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; MENOPAUSE; PAIN;

EID: 80052590911     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2011.07.012     Document Type: Review

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