The SWAN Song: Study of Women's Health Across the Nation's Recurring Themes

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 417-423

  Santoro, Nanette ^a   Sutton Tyrrell, Kim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Estrogen; Hot flashes; Menopause; Menopause transition; Metabolic syndrome; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

AGING; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLIMACTERIUM; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESPAN; MENOPAUSE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORTALITY; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; STROKE; WEIGHT GAIN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MENOPAUSE; PERIMENOPAUSE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 80053271915     PISSN: 08898545     EISSN: 15580474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ogc.2011.05.001     Document Type: Review

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