Hormone replacement therapy is associated with higher FEV1 in elderly women

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 423-428

  Carlson, Catherine L ^a   Cushman, Mary ^b   Enright, Paul L ^b   Cauley, Jane A ^b   Newman, Anne B ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GERIATRICS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0035137471     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.163.2.2003040     Document Type: Article

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