Midlife women: Symptoms associated with menopausal transition and early postmenopause and quality of life

Menopause

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-27

  Greenblum, Catherine A ^a   Rowe, Meredeth A ^a   Neff, Donna Felber ^b   Greenblum, Jesse S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early menopause; Menopausal symptoms; Menopausal transition; Menopause; Quality of life; Sleep disturbances; Symptom cluster; Symptom experience

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; OVARY FUNCTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOM; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINAL DRYNESS;

ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; INCOME; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP DISORDERS; SYNDROME; VAGINAL DISEASES;

EID: 84872076903     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e31825a2a91     Document Type: Article

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