A meta-analysis of the effect of hormone replacement therapy upon depressed mood

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 189-212

  Zweifel, Julianne E ^a   O'Brien, William H ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Estrogen; Hormone replacement therapy; Menopause; Meta analysis; Mood

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MENOPAUSE; META ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; TRANSDERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

CLIMACTERIC; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0030739578     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(96)00034-0     Document Type: Article

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