Oral contraceptives and myocardial infarction - The search for the smoking gun

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 345, Issue 25, 2001, Pages 1841-1842

  Chasan Taber, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GESTAGEN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; HEART INFARCTION; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0035924772     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200112203452510     Document Type: Editorial

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