Cognitive function and endogenous sex hormones in older women

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1289-1293

  Barrett Connor, Elizabeth ^a   Goodman Gruen, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Hormones; Memory; Women

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032692942     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb07427.x     Document Type: Article

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