Issues to debate on the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) study. Epidemiology or randomized clinical trials - Time out for hormone replacement therapy studies?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2241-2244

  Pedersen, Anette Tønnes ^a   Ottesen, Bent ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; HRT; Women's Health Initiative Study

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; SEX HORMONE;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESTROGEN THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENOPAUSE RELATED DISORDER; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0242522164     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg435     Document Type: Short Survey

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