Change in body mass index, weight, and hot flashes: A longitudinal analysis from the midlife women's health study

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 231-237

  Gallicchio, Lisa ^a,b,c   Miller, Susan R ^d   Kiefer, Judith ^d   Greene, Teresa ^d   Zacur, Howard A ^d   Flaws, Jodi A ^e  

^a MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SMOKING HABIT; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT CHANGE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BALTIMORE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84896142520     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2013.4526     Document Type: Article

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