Staging reproductive aging using stages of reproductive aging workshop + 10 in black urban african women in the study of women entering and in endocrine transition

Menopause

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1225-1233

  Jaff, Nicole G ^a,b   Snyman, Tracy ^a   Norris, Shane A ^a   Crowther, Nigel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Black african women; Menopausal transition; Obesity; Stages of reproductive agingworkshop + 10 y vasomotor symptoms y cultural differences

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLIMACTERIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MENOPAUSE RATING SCALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OBESITY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE AGING; SOUTH AFRICAN; STAGING; SYMPTOM; URBAN POPULATION; VASOMOTOR DISORDER; WORKSHOP; AGE; BLACK PERSON; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVARY; REPRODUCTION; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84918544253     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0000000000000235     Document Type: Article

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