Menopause, mood and hormone replacement therapy: Methodological issues

Maturitas

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-18

  Holte, Arne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Hormone replacement; Menopause; Methodology; Mood; Population surveys

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER;

AGE; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUATION; METHODOLOGY; MOOD; REVIEW; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0032550786     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5122(98)00023-1     Document Type: Article

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