Modeling women's health during the menopausal transition: A longitudinal analysis

Menopause

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-62

  Dennerstein, Lorraine ^a   Lehert, Philippe ^b   Guthrie, Janet R ^a   Burger, Henry G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^c HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone density; Coronary heart disease risk; Estradiol; Menopause; Sexuality; Symptoms; Well being

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BOTHERSOMENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLIMACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MOOD; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS; VAGINAL DRYNESS; VASOMOTOR DISORDER; WELLBEING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SLEEP DISORDERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEATING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33846083228     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.gme.0000229574.67376.ba     Document Type: Article

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