Maturitas
Volume 61, Issue 1 , Pages 95-106 , September 2008

Relationships between psychological symptoms, somatic complaints and menopausal status

  • Myra Hunter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychological Medicine, King’s College Hospital and School of Medicine and Dentistry, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS. UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Rosie Battersby

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, King’s College Hospital and School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK
  • ,
  • Malcolm Whitehead

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, King’s College Hospital and School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK

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 Reprint of an article originally published in Maturitas, 8(3), pp. 217–228.

PII: S0378-5122(08)00230-2

doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2008.09.013

Maturitas
Volume 61, Issue 1 , Pages 95-106 , September 2008