Determinants of hot flashes and night sweats

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 4-16

  Sievert, Lynnette Leidy ^a   Makhlouf Obermeyer, Carla ^b   Price, Kim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Education; Hot flashes; Menopause; Smoking; Vasomotor symptoms

Indexed keywords

SMOKING;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASSACHUSETTS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING;

EID: 33644649525     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460500421338     Document Type: Article

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