Menopause and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Women

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 316, Issue 18, 1987, Pages 1105-1110

  Colditz, Graham A ^a,b,c   Willett, Walter C ^a,b,c   Stampfer, Meir J ^a,b,c   Rosner, Bernard ^a,b,c   Speizer, Frank E ^a,b,c   Hennekens, Charles H ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HEART; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MORTALITY; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0023099735     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198704303161801     Document Type: Article

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