Self-reported urogenital symptoms in postmenopausal women: Women's Health Initiative

Maturitas

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 292-303

  Pastore, Lisa M ^a   Carter, Rachel A ^b   Hulka, Barbara S ^c   Wells, Ellen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Hispanic Americans; Non insulin dependent; Obesity; Postmenopause; Vagina; Vaginal discharge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FIBROMA; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRURITUS; RISK; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; XEROSIS;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 8644234310     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2004.06.019     Document Type: Article

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