Fertility and Sterility
Volume 75, Issue 2 , Pages 297-304 , February 2001

Racial differences in sex hormone levels in women approaching the transition to menopause

  • Jeanne M Manson, Ph.D. (a,b)

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • ,
  • Mary D Sammel (Sc.D.,a,b)

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • ,
  • Ellen W Freeman, Ph.D. (a,b)

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ellen W. Freeman, Ph.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2 Dulles/Mudd Suite, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 (FAX: 215-349-5521; )
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  • Jean A Grisso (M.D.a,b)

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Received 19 June 2000 ,Revised 28 August 2000 ,Accepted 28 August 2000.

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☆ Supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (R01-AG-12745, E.W. Freeman, PI; K01-ES00352-01, J.M. Manson, PI; and 2MO1RR-00040-37, General Clinical Research Center).

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Fertility and Sterility
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