The impact of menopause on work ability in women with severe menopausal symptoms

Maturitas

Volumn 90, Issue , 2016, Pages 3-8

  Geukes, Marije ^a   Van Aalst, Mariëlle P ^b   Robroek, Suzan J W ^c   Laven, Joop S E ^c   Oosterhof, Henk ^a  

^a NIJ SMELLINGHE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Van Aalst Arbo Advies   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Menopause; Occupational health; Sickness absence; Women; Work

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; CLIMACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORK;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SELF REPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORK;

EID: 84966330705     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2016.05.001     Document Type: Article

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