The International Menopause Study of Climate, Altitude, Temperature (IMS-CAT) and vasomotor symptoms

Climacteric

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-16

  Hunter, M S ^a   Gupta, P ^a   Chedraui, P ^a   Blumel J E ^a   Tserotas, K ^a   Aguirre, W ^a   Palacios, S ^a   Sturdee, D W ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altitude; Climate; Hot Flushes; Menopause; Temperature; Vasomotor Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALTITUDE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILE; CLIMACTERIUM; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LIFE SATISFACTION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOOD; NIGHT SWEAT; PANAMA; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84872457283     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13697137.2012.699563     Document Type: Article

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