Sleep During the Perimenopause: A SWAN Story

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 567-586

  Kravitz, Howard M ^a   Joffe, Hadine ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Menopausal transition; Perimenopause; Psychosocial; Reproductive hormones; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; HORMONE;

ANXIETY DISORDER; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; CLIMACTERIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTIONALITY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MOOD DISORDER; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOM; VASOMOTOR DISORDER; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HORMONES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PERIMENOPAUSE; SELF REPORT; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 80053262818     PISSN: 08898545     EISSN: 15580474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ogc.2011.06.002     Document Type: Review

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