A Population-Based Assessment of the Relationship Between Menopausal and Depressive Symptoms in Portuguese Women

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 86-100

  Gonçalves, Bruno ^a   Fagulha, Teresa ^a   Ferreira, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PORTUGAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84871013668     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2012.721413     Document Type: Article

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