Defining the perimenopause for application in epidemiologic investigations

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 140, Issue 12, 1994, Pages 1091-1095

  Brambilla, Donald J ^a   Mckinlay, Sonja M ^a   Johannes, Catherine B ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

Menopause; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; SELF REPORT; SWEATING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HUMAN; MASSACHUSETTS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGE; ODDS RATIO; PREMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0028575974     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a117209     Document Type: Article

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