Menopause effects on verbal memory: Findings from a longitudinal community cohort

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3829-3838

  Epperson, C Neill ^a   Sammel, Mary D ^a   Freeman, Ellen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BUSCHKE SELECTIVE REMINDING TEST; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGIT SYMBOL SUBSTITUTION TASK; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECALL; REPRODUCTIVE SENESCENCE; SENESCENCE; SYMBOL COPY TASK; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGING; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEMORY; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84883674314     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2013-1808     Document Type: Article

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