Measuring hot flashes: Summary of a National Institutes of Health Workshop

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 777-781

  Miller, Heather G ^a,c   Li, Rose Maria ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Rose Li and Associates Inc   (United States)

^c National Institutes of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ESTROGEN THERAPY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; NIGHT SWEAT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN CONDUCTANCE;

EID: 2542429034     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/79.6.777     Document Type: Conference Paper

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