TY - BOOK ED - World Health Organization ED - Report of a WHO Scientific Group TI - Research on the menopause : : report of a WHO scientific group, ‎meeting held in Geneva from 8 to 12 December 1980 T2 - World Health Organization technical report series ; no. 671 SN - 9241206705 U1 - 100 SD:610.621 PY - 1981/// CY - Geneva PB - World Health Organization KW - Research on the menopause KW - Report of a WHO Scientific Group N1 - 1. Introduction -- 2. Definition of terms -- 3. The endocrinology of the menopause and postmenopausal period -- 4. The age distribution of the menopause -- 5. Sociocultural significance of the menopause in different settings -- 6. Symptoms associated with the menopause -- 7. Disorders resulting from, or possibly accelerated by, the menopause -- 8. Risks, with particular reference to neoplasia, of therapeutic estrogens and progestins given to peri- and postmenopause women -- 9. Fertility-regulating methods for women approaching the menopause -- 10. Estrogens and the health care management of perimenopausal and postmenopausal women -- 11. General recommendations ER -