Patterns of occurrence and concordance between subjective and objective hot flashes among Muslim and Hindu women in Sylhet, Bangladesh

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 598-604

  Sievert, Lynnette Leidy ^a   Begum, Khurshida ^b   Sharmeen, Taniya ^b   Chowdhury, Osul ^c   Muttukrishna, Shanthi ^b   Bentley, Gillian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MAG Osmani Medical College   (Bangladesh)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTACID AGENT; ANTIANEMIC AGENT; ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIULCER AGENT; CALCIUM; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BODY DISTRIBUTION; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEAD; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONITOR; MOSLEM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SWEATING; THORAX;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HINDUISM; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; ISLAM; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SWEATING;

EID: 52249099028     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20785     Document Type: Article

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