Childhood abuse or neglect is associated with increased vasomotor symptom reporting among midlife women

Menopause

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-22

  Thurston, Rebecca C ^a,b   Bromberger, Joyce ^a,b   Chang, Yuefang ^b   Goldbacher, Edie ^a   Brown, Charlotte ^a   Cyranowski, Jill M ^a   Matthews, Karen A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Hot flashes; Maltreatment; Menopause; Neglect; Vasomotor symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CLIMACTERIUM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NIGHT SWEAT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VASOMOTOR DISORDER; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SLEEP DISORDERS; SWEATING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 38049089409     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e31805fea75     Document Type: Article

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