Menopausal symptoms among healthy, middle-aged Omani women as assessed with the Menopause Rating Scale

Menopause

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1113-1119

  El Shafie, Kawther ^a   Al Farsi, Yahya ^a   Al Zadjali, Najat ^b   Al Adawi, Samir ^a   Al Busaidi, Zakiya ^a   Al Shafaee, Mohammed ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

Author keywords

Menopause; Menopause Rating Scale; Perimenopausal; Postmenopausal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISCOMFORT; CLIMACTERIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE RATING SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYALGIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SLEEP DISORDER; VAGINAL DRYNESS;

ADULT; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OMAN; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 80053277576     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e31821b82ee     Document Type: Article

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