Menopausal Vasomotor Symptoms (MVS) survey for assessment of hot flashes

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-88

  Ratka, Anna ^a   Miller, Vanessa ^a   Brown, Kimberly ^a   Raut, Atul ^a   Cipher, Daisha ^a   Meczekalski, Blazej ^b   Simpkins, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTENT VALIDITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FACE VALIDITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HERB; HORMONAL THERAPY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSAL VASOMOTOR SYMPTOM SURVEY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEXAS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 32044463385     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2006.15.77     Document Type: Article

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