Gendered personality dispositions, hormone values, and hot flushes during and after menopause

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 219-227

  Overlie I ^a   Finset, A ^b   Holte, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gendered personality dispositions; Hot flushes; Menopause; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PRASTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MASCULINITY; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX ROLE; VASOMOTOR DISORDER;

EID: 0036956737     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01674820209074676     Document Type: Article

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