Physical activity and change in quality of life during menopause -an 8-year follow-up study

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Moilanen, Jaana M ^a   Aalto, Anna Mari ^b   Raitanen, Jani ^a,c   Hemminki, Elina ^b   Aro, Arja R ^d   Luoto, Riitta ^b,c  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Longitudinal study; Menopause; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; EXERCISE; HEALTH SURVEY; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BODY WEIGHT; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856065343     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-10-8     Document Type: Article

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