The epidemiology of serum sex hormones in postmenopausal women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 1989, Pages 1120-1131

  Cauley, Jane A ^a   Gutai, James P ^b   Kuller, Lewis H ^a   Ledonne, Dorothea ^a   Powell, John G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androstenedione; Estradiol; Estrone; Menopause; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; TESTOSTERONE;

FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SERUM; SMOKING;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGE; OBESITY; OVARIECTOMY; SEX HORMONES; SMOKING; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0024319008     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115234     Document Type: Article

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