Myth and paradox of coronary risk and the menopause

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Volumn 351, Issue 9113, 1998, Pages 1425-1427

  Tunstall Pedoe, Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032499462     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)11321-6     Document Type: Note

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