Caffeine and menopausal symptoms: What is the association?

Menopause

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 155-158

  Faubion, Stephanie S ^a   Sood, Richa ^a   Thielen, Jacqueline M ^a   Shuster, Lynne T ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Caffeine; Hot flashes; Menopause; Vasomotor symptoms

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; CLIMACTERIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; MENOPAUSE HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGHT SWEAT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SMOKING; AGED; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COGNITION; DRUG EFFECTS; PREMENOPAUSE; SWEATING; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PREMENOPAUSE; SMOKING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEATING;

EID: 84922395447     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GME.0000000000000301     Document Type: Article

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