Reduced mortality associated with long-term postmenopausal estrogen therapy

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 6-12

  Ettinger, Bruce ^a   Friedman, Gary D ^b   Bush, Trudy ^b   Quesenberry Jr , Charles P ^b  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030042339     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-7844(95)00358-4     Document Type: Article

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