Sensitivity and specificity of recalled vasomotor symptoms in a multiethnic cohort

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 168, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1452-1459

  Crawford, Sybil L ^a   Avis, Nancy E ^b   Gold, Ellen ^c   Johnston, Janet ^d   Kelsey, Jennifer ^a   Santoro, Nanette ^e   Sowers, MaryFran ^f   Sternfeld, Barbara ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Data collection; Hot flashes; Mental recall; Sensitivity and specificity; Sweating; Vasomotor system

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ACQUISITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MENTAL HEALTH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SYMPTOM; WOMENS HEALTH;

ACCURACY; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA EXTRACTION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAPANESE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MENOPAUSE; NIGHT SWEAT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90;

ADULT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEATING; UNITED STATES; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 57749179462     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn279     Document Type: Article

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