Maturitas
Volume 57, Issue 3 , Pages 296-305 , 20 July 2007

The longitudinal effects of a perimenopausal health education intervention on the mid-life women in Taiwan

  • Lee-Ing Tsao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Research and Development & School of Nursing, National Taipei College of Nursing, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Mei-Chen Su

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Chang Gung Institute of Technology, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Ping-Ju Hsiao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Chang Gung Institute of Technology, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Yueh-Mei Gau

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Chang Gung Institute of Technology, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Chi An

      Affiliations

    • Nanya Institute of Technology, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Kuan-Chia Lin

      Affiliations

    • Health Center, National Taipei College of Nursing, Department of Nursing, Taiwan, ROC
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Nursing, Health Center, National Taipei College of Nursing, No. 365 Min Te Road, 11257 Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. Tel.: +886 2 28227101x3312; fax: +886 2 28201461.

Received 28 October 2006 ,Revised 23 January 2007 ,Accepted 24 January 2007.

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PII: S0378-5122(07)00060-6

doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2007.01.013

Maturitas
Volume 57, Issue 3 , Pages 296-305 , 20 July 2007

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