Increased urinary cortisol levels during the menopausal transition

Menopause

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 212-221

  Woods, Nancy F ^a   Carr, Molly C ^b   Tao, Eunice Y ^a   Taylor, Heather J ^a   Mitchell, Ellen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Cortisol; Menopausal transition; Postmenopause

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; BODY MASS INDEX; COGNITION; ESTRONE; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GLUCURONIDES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33646800569     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.gme.0000198490.57242.2e     Document Type: Article

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