HRT and everyday memory at menopause: A comparison of two samples of mid-aged women

Women and Health

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-57

  Stephens, Christine ^a   Bristow, Virginia ^a   Pachana, Nancy A ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Everyday memory; HRT; Menopause; Verbal memory

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL STRESS; MENTAL TEST; MOOD DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; THERAPY EFFECT; VERBAL MEMORY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33748908071     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v43n01_03     Document Type: Article

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