Factors associated with reporting classic menopausal symptoms differ

Climacteric

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 240-251

  Duffy, O K ^a   Iversen, L ^a   Hannaford, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community; Hot Flushes; Menopause; Night Sweats; Vaginal Dryness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BLOATING; BODY WEIGHT; CLIMACTERIUM; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; NIGHT SWEAT; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VAGINAL DRYNESS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEATING; VAGINAL DISEASES;

EID: 84875187272     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13697137.2012.697227     Document Type: Article

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