Estrogen replacement therapy and prognosis after first myocardial infarction

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 269-277

  Newton, Katherine M ^a,b   LaCroix, Andrea Z ^a,b   McKnight, Barbara ^b,c   Knopp, Robert H ^b   Siscovick, David S ^b   Heckbert, Susan R ^b   Weiss, Noel S ^b,c  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

estrogen replacement therapy; myocardial infarction; prognosis

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG SAFETY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART REINFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031026471     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009100     Document Type: Article

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