Regular exercise is the most significant lifestyle parameter associated with the severity of climacteric symptoms: A cross sectional study

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 229-234

  Haimov Kochman, Ronit ^a   Constantini, Naama ^a   Brzezinski, Amnon ^a   Hochner Celnikier, Drorith ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Exercise; Greene scale; Lifestyle; Menopause; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; LIBIDO DISORDER; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MYALGIA; NERVOUSNESS; NIGHT SWEAT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY ANALYSIS;

EXERCISE; GREENE SCALE; LIFESTYLE; MENOPAUSE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84883051862     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2013.06.018     Document Type: Article

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