"Symptom-Specific or Holistic": Menopausal Symptom Management

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 575-592

  Im, Eun Ok ^a   Ko, Young ^b   Hwang, Hyenam ^b   Chee, Wonshik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861540806     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2011.646371     Document Type: Article

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