Hot flashes: What are women's expectations from therapeutic options?

Menopause

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 166-167

  Bouchard, Céline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GABAPENTIN; NATURAL PRODUCT; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA; CLIMACTERIUM; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; HORMONAL THERAPY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RED CLOVER; SOYBEAN; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

CANADA; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247585172     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GME.0b013e31802db17a     Document Type: Editorial

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