Racial differences in estrogen use among middle-aged and older women

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 32-44

  Bartman, Barbara A ^a   Ernest, Moy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; POSTMENOPAUSE; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031883835     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-3867(97)00093-5     Document Type: Article

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