Maturitas
Volume 56, Issue 2 , Pages 184-189 , 20 February 2007

Qualities and attributes desired in menopause clinicians

  • Peter F. Schnatz

      Affiliations

    • Department of ObGyn, The University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, and Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, United States
    • Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, and Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, United States
    • Women's Life Center (Menopause Clinic), Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Hartford Hospital, Conklin Building 203B, 80 Seymour Street, Hartford, CT 06102, United States. Tel.: +1 860 545 4054; fax: +1 860 545 1377.
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  • Amy M. Johnson

      Affiliations

    • Department of ObGyn, The University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, and Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, United States
    • Women's Life Center (Menopause Clinic), Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, United States
    • Current address: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, United States.
    • ,
  • David M. O'Sullivan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Research Administration, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, United States

Received 11 May 2006 ,Revised 28 June 2006 ,Accepted 26 July 2006.

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☆ These data were presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of the North American Menopause Society, San Diego, CA on 30th September 2005.

PII: S0378-5122(06)00284-2

doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2006.07.010

Maturitas
Volume 56, Issue 2 , Pages 184-189 , 20 February 2007

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