Prevalence and factors related to hot flashes and night sweats in postpartum women in Japan

Mari Haku
Department of Midwifery, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima, Japan.
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Hirokazu Uemura

Hirokazu Uemura
Department of Preventive Medicine, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima, Japan.
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Yukie Matsuura

Yukie Matsuura
Department of Reproductive and Menopausal Medicine, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima, Japan.
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Toshiyuki Yasui

Toshiyuki Yasui
Department of Reproductive and Menopausal Medicine, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima, Japan.
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Article Number - 6831BBD62982
Vol.12(1), pp. 14-21 , January 2020
https://doi.org/10.5897/IJNM2019.0391

Received: 25 July 2019
Accepted: 24 January 2020
Published: 29 February 2020

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