Menopausal changes, quality of life, and hormone therapy

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 485-488

  Nachtigall, Lila E ^a   Nachtigall, Margaret J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOOD; NIGHT SWEAT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SLEEP; SWEATING; VASOMOTOR DISORDER;

ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 3042734793     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-200406000-00023     Document Type: Review

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