"Up to general practice to pick up the pieces" - What pieces? - A response to WHI and MWS

Maturitas

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 95-96

  Studd, John ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; HORMONE; STATIN;

BREAST CANCER; CARCINOMATOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECONOMICS; ERROR; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH; HEART INFARCTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; NOTE; OBSERVATION; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; STROKE;

EID: 0141957330     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2003.09.004     Document Type: Note

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