Steroid hormones, the menopause, sexuality and well-being of women

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 925-936

  Cawood, Elizabeth H H ^a   Bancroft, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; PRASTERONE; STEROID HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; DEPRESSION; EXPERIENCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MENOPAUSE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUALITY; SMOKING; WELLBEING;

EID: 0029838908     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0033291700035261     Document Type: Article

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