Effects of a dietary intervention and weight change on vasomotor symptoms in the Women's Health Initiative

Menopause

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 980-988

  Kroenke, Candyce H ^a   Caan, Bette J ^a   Stefanick, Marcia L ^b   Anderson, Garnet ^c   Brzyski, Robert ^d   Johnson, Karen C ^e   Leblanc, Erin ^f   Lee, Cathy ^g   La Croix, Andrea Z ^c   Park, Hannah Lui ^h   Sims, Stacy T ^b   Vitolins, Mara ⁱ   Wallace, Robert ^j  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Body mass; Hot flashes; Night sweats; Vasomotor symptoms; Weight; Weight change; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GRAIN; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; NIGHT SWEAT; UNITED STATES; VASOMOTOR DISORDER; VEGETABLE; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; CEREALS; DIET, REDUCING; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; FRUIT; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SWEATING; VEGETABLES; WEIGHT LOSS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84865804248     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e31824f606e     Document Type: Article

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