Frequency and severity of vasomotor symptoms among peri- and postmenopausal women in the United States

Climacteric

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-43

  Williams, R E ^a   Kalilani, L ^b   DiBenedetti, D Britt ^c   Zhou, X ^c   Granger, A L ^c   Fehnel, S E ^c   Levine, K B ^b   Jordan, J ^a   Clark, R V ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c RTI HEALTH SOLUTIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Hot flashes; Hot flushes; Menopause; Night sweats; Vasomotor symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGHT; NIGHT SWEAT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; VASOMOTOR DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEATING; UNITED STATES; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 38349061599     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13697130701744696     Document Type: Article

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