Attitude Toward Menopause and Aging: A Study on Postmenopausal Women of West Bengal

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-79

  Dasgupta, Doyel ^a   Ray, Subha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

aging; attitude; menopause; postmenopausal age groups; sociodemographic variables

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LINEAR MODELS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84871005147     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: 15407322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2012.720203     Document Type: Article

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