The Nurses' Health Study: 20-year contribution to the understanding of health among women

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-62

  Colditz, Graham A ^a,b   Manson, Joann E ^a   Hankinson, Susan E ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTRACEPTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MORTALITY; NURSE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0030938817     PISSN: 10597115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.1997.6.49     Document Type: Article

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