Are vasomotor symptoms associated with sleep characteristics among symptomatic midlife women? Comparisons of self-report and objective measures

Menopause

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 742-748

  Thurston, Rebecca C ^a,b   Santoro, Nanette ^c   Matthews, Karen A ^a,b  

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

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

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

Author keywords

Actigraphy; Hot flashes; Menopause; Night sweats; Sleep; Vasomotor symptoms

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SLEEP; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; VASOMOTOR DISORDER; WAKEFULNESS;

ACTIGRAPHY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; SELF REPORT; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 84863532043     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3182422973     Document Type: Article

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