Reproductive period and cognitive function in a representative sample of naturally postmenopausal women aged 60-64 years

Climacteric

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 380-389

  Low, L F ^a   Anstey, K J ^a   Jorm, A F ^a   Rodgers, B ^a   Christensen, H ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Estrogen; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING TEST; MENARCHE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RESPONSE TIME; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

AUSTRALIA; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 27744468489     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13697130500345240     Document Type: Article

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