Ovarian aging and hormone replacement therapy: Hormonal levels, symptoms, and attitudes of African-American and white women

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 230-236

  Pham, Kim Thu C ^a,b   Grisso, Jeane Ann ^a   Freeman, Ellen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women, white women, attitudes; hormone replacement therapy; menopause

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HORMONES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENNSYLVANIA; PILOT PROJECTS; PREMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030909344     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1997.012004230.x     Document Type: Article

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