Association between race and hot flashes in midlife women

Maturitas

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 260-269

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

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

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

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

Author keywords

Estrogen; Hot flashes; Menopause; Race ethnicity; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33646570249     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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