Factors associated with menopausal symptom severity in middle-aged Brazilian women from the Brazilian Western Amazon

Maturitas

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 64-69

  Da Silva, Andréa Ramos ^a   D'Andretta Tanaka, Ana Cristina ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ACRE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Menopausal transition; Menopause; Menopause Rating Scale; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BRAZIL; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; IRRITABILITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; MENOPAUSE RATING SCALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE DISEASE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 84881164381     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2013.05.015     Document Type: Article

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