Do older women use estrogen replacement? Data from the Duke Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (EPESE)

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-6

  Handa, Victoria L ^a   Landerman, Richard ^a   Hanlon, Joseph T ^a,b   Harris, Tamara ^c,d   Cohen, Harvey Jay ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030067958     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb05630.x     Document Type: Article

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