Hot flashes and cardiac vagal control: a link to cardiovascular risk?

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Published in Menopause on May 10, 2010

Authors

Rebecca C Thurston1, Israel C Christie, Karen A Matthews

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. thurstonrc@upmc.edu

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