Change in health-related quality of life over the menopausal transition in a multiethnic cohort of middle-aged women: Study of Women's Health Across the Nation.

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Published in Menopause on September 11, 2009

Authors

Nancy E Avis1, Alicia Colvin, Joyce T Bromberger, Rachel Hess, Karen A Matthews, Marcia Ory, Miriam Schocken

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1063, USA. navis@wfubmc.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Visnadine, Prenylflavonoids and Bovine Colostrum to Treat Vulvovaginal Atrophy in Postmenopausal Women | NCT03281655

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