Reproductive hormones in the early menopausal transition: Relationship to ethnicity, body size, and menopausal status

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1516-1522

  Randolph Jr , John F ^a,i   Sowers, Maryfran ^a   Gold, Ellen B ^d   Mohr, Beth A ^h   Luborsky, Judith ^c   Santoro, Nanette ^f   McConnell, Daniel S ^a   Finkelstein, Joel S ^b   Korenman, Stanley G ^e   Matthews, Karen A ^g   Sternfeld, Barbara ^d   Lasley, Bill L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^h NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; PRASTERONE; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; ESTRADIOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PREMENOPAUSE; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0038022615     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2002-020777     Document Type: Article

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