Women's use of hormone replacement therapy for disease prevention; Results of a community survey

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 52, Issue 483, 2002, Pages 835-837

  Ballard, Karen ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease prevention; Hormone replacement therapy; Menopausal symptoms

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MOTIVATION; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ENGLAND; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL;

EID: 0036791504     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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