Hormone dynamics and menopausal symptoms: The clinical role of vasomotor symptoms and sleep disturbances

Key Issues in Mental Health

Volumn 175, Issue , 2009, Pages 88-101

  Freedman, Robert R ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 67651250026     PISSN: 16624874     EISSN: 16624882     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000209604     Document Type: Article

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