Age at natural menopause and risk of cardiovascular disease

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1061-1066

  Hu, Frank B ^a   Grodstein, Francine ^b   Hennekens, Charles H ^a,b   Colditz, Graham A ^a,b   Johnson, Michelle ^a   Manson, JoAnn E ^a,b   Rosner, Bernard ^b   Stampfer, Meir J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STROKE;

AGE OF ONSET; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0033599984     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.159.10.1061     Document Type: Article

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