Menopause-associated symptoms and cognitive performance: Results from the study of women's health across the nation

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 171, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1214-1224

  Greendale, Gail A ^a   Wight, Richard G ^b   Huang, Mei Hua ^a   Avis, Nancy ^c   Gold, Ellen B ^d   Joffe, Hadine ^e   Seeman, Teresa ^a   Vuge, Marike ^f   Karlamangla, Arun S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Longitudinal studies; Memory; Menopause

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DISEASE INCIDENCE; LEARNING; MEMORY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SLEEP; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; MENOPAUSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMENOPAUSE; SLEEP DISORDER; VASOMOTOR DISORDER; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ANXIETY; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEMORY; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SLEEP; UNITED STATES; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952904867     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq067     Document Type: Article

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