Prepared for:

Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

540 Gaither Road

Rockville, MD 20850

www.ahrq.gov

Contract No. 290-02-0024

Prepared by:

Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center

Oregon Health & Science University

Portland, Oregon

Investigators

Heidi D. Nelson, MD, MPH

Elizabeth Haney, MD

Linda Humphrey, MD, MPH

Jill Miller, MD

Anne Nedrow, MD

Christina Nicolaidis, MD, MPH

Kimberly Vesco, MD

Miranda Walker, BA

Christina Bougatsos, BS

Peggy Nygren, MA

AHRQ Publication No. 05-E016-2

March 2005

This document is in the public domain and may be used and reprinted without permission except those copyrighted materials noted for which further reproduction is prohibited without the specific permission of copyright holders.

Suggested citation:

Nelson HD, Haney E, Humphrey L, Miller J, Nedrow A, Nicolaidis C, Vesco K, Walker M, Bougatsos C, Nygren P. Management of Menopause-Related Symptoms. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 120. (Prepared by the Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center, under Contract No. 290-02-0024.) AHRQ Publication No. 05-E016-2. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. March 2005.

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