Estrogen replacement therapy: A survey of older women's attitudes

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1293-1297

  Salamone, Loran M ^a   Pressman, Alice R ^b   Seeley, Dana G ^b   Cauley, Jane A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029970056     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.12.1293     Document Type: Article

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