Racial and ethnic differences in the physiology and clinical symptoms of menopause

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 380-386

  Richard Davis, Gloria ^a   Wellons, Melissa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ethnic; menopause; race; sociocultural; SWAN

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGING; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLIMACTERIUM; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENOPAUSE; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTMENOPAUSE; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PREMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY HEALTH; OBESITY; OVARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881489914     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: 15264564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1348897     Document Type: Article

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