Identifying symptom clusters during the menopausal transition: Observations from the Seattle Midlife Women's Health Study

Climacteric

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 539-549

  Cray, L A ^a   Woods, N F ^b   Mitchell, E S ^b  

^a SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Menopausal Transition; Menopause; Postmenopause; Symptom Clusters

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY MASS; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COLD SWEAT; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CRYING; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; EARLY MENOPAUSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTALGIA; MOOD CHANGE; NERVOUSNESS; PANIC; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; VAGINAL DRYNESS; WEIGHT GAIN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AFFECT; BODY MASS INDEX; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MENOPAUSE; PAIN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP DISORDERS; WASHINGTON; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84884468452     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13697137.2012.746657     Document Type: Article

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