Carotid wall thickness and years since bilateral oophorectomy the Los Angeles Atherosclerosis Study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 156, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 438-444

  Dwyer, Kathleen M ^a   Nordstrom, Cheryl K ^a,b   Merz, C Noel Bairey ^c   Dwyer, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular diseases; Carotid arteries; Hysterectomy; Ovariectomy

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARIECTOMY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LOS ANGELES; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIECTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036728003     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwf051     Document Type: Article

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