# Perimenopause & Menopause Symptoms — Science-Cited Reference Dataset

An openly-licensed, structured dataset of **177 perimenopause and menopause symptom explainers**, each mapped to its source article and to peer-reviewed citations (DOIs). Built for researchers, developers, and anyone building menopause health tools or AI assistants who want a clean, attributable symptom reference.

## What's inside
- **177** rows (one per symptom / topic explainer)
- **102** rows carry one or more resolving DOI citations (308 citations total)
- Columns: `slug, title, category, primary_keyword, intent, summary, url, citations_doi, n_citations`

## Files
- [`menopause-symptoms.json`](./menopause-symptoms.json)
- [`menopause-symptoms.csv`](./menopause-symptoms.csv)

## Source & methodology
Compiled from **[Estrogen Left the Chat](https://estrogenleftthechat.com)** by Marilyn Luis — a science-first, HRT-neutral menopause resource where **every symptom claim is cited to a study with a resolving DOI**. Each row links back to the full explainer at https://estrogenleftthechat.com.

## How to cite
> Estrogen Left the Chat (Marilyn Luis). *Perimenopause & Menopause Symptoms — Science-Cited Reference Dataset.* https://estrogenleftthechat.com

## License
MIT — free to use with attribution (see [LICENSE](./LICENSE)).