Duration of menopausal hot flushes and associated risk factors

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1095-1104

  Freeman, Ellen W ^a   Sammel, Mary D ^a   Lin, Hui ^a   Liu, Ziyue ^a   Gracia, Clarisa R ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL HOT FLUSH; MENOPAUSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955549202     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318214f0de     Document Type: Article

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