The attitudes of menopausal women and their spouses towards menopause

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 251-255

  Aksu, H ^a   Sevincok L ^a   Kucuk M ^a   Sezer, S D ^a   Ogurlu N ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Attitude; Menopause; Spouse; Woman

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SPOUSE;

ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPOUSES; TURKEY;

EID: 80054090369     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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