Thyroid-stimulating hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone status in hispanic women during the menopause transition

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 2 SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages

  Rojas, Legier V ^a   Nieves, Karen ^a   Suarez, Erick ^d   Ortiz, Ana Patricia ^c,d   Rivera, Amelia ^a   Romaguera, Josefina ^b  

^a Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine   (Puerto Rico)

^b Medical Sciences Campus   (Puerto Rico)

^c Cancer Control and Population Science Program   (Puerto Rico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

FSH; Menopause; Puerto rico; TSH

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LIOTRIX; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MENOPAUSE; BLOOD; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 52149085711     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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