Hot flushes still occur in a population of 85-year-old Swedish women

Climacteric

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 453-459

  Vikstrom J ^a,b   Spetz Holm, A C ^a,b   Sydsjo G ^a,b   Marcusson, J ^a,c   Wressle, E ^a,c   Hammar, M ^a,b  

^a Department of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

hormone therapy; hot flushes; Menopause; old age

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84880312261     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13697137.2012.727199     Document Type: Article

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