Smoking cessation, weight gain, and changes in cardiovascular risk factors during menopause: The healthy women study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 93-96

  Burnette, M Michele ^a   Meilahn, Elaine ^a   Wing, Rena R ^b   Kuller, Lewis H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Epidemiology ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING CESSATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031910594     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.1.93     Document Type: Article

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