Cross-sectional study of determinants of menopausal age and hormone replacement therapy use in Italian women

Climacteric

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-32

  Amigoni, S ^c   Morelli, P ^c   Chatenoud, L ^a   Parazzini, F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Determinants; Epidemiology; Hormone replacement therapy; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; ONSET AGE; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0034094572     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13697130009167596     Document Type: Article

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