Current alcohol use is associated with a reduced risk of hot flashes in midlife women

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 563-568

  Schiling, Chrissy ^a   Gallicchio, Lisa ^b   Miller, Susan R ^c   Babus, Janice K ^a   Lewis, Lynn M ^a   Zacur, Howard ^c   Flaws, Jodi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLIMACTERIC; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 27744475480     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agh191     Document Type: Article

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