Objective or subjective measurement of hot flashes in clinical trials: Quo vadis

Maturitas

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-100

  Freedman, Robert R ^a  

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

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Hot flashes; Measurement; Physiology

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEART RATE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREMENOPAUSE; SELF REPORT; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956652331     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2010.06.011     Document Type: Editorial

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