Physiology of hot flashes

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 453-464

  Freedman, Robert R ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FACE; FEMALE; HEAT; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INGESTION; NECK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PILL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SHIVERING; SWEATING; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYMPTOM; TELEMETRY; THORAX; VASODILATATION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLONIDINE; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; SYMPATHOLYTICS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034954706     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.1077     Document Type: Article

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