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

Maturitas

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 110-119

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Hot flushes; Menopause; Methodology; Symptom reporting; Vasomotor symptoms

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANXIETY; BODY MASS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENOPAUSE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NIGHT SWEAT; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SMOKING; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VASOMOTOR DISORDER;

ACCULTURATION; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH STATUS; HORMONES; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MENOPAUSE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEATING; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 80052603825     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2011.07.010     Document Type: Review

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