Cigarette smoking and vaginal atrophy in postmenopausal women

In Vivo

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 597-600

  Kalogeraki, Alexandra ^a,b   Tamiolakis, D ^a   Relakis, K ^a   Karvelas, K ^a   Froudarakis, G ^a   Hassan, E ^a   Martavatzis, N ^a   Psaroudakis, E ^a   Matalliotakis, J ^a   Makrigiannakis, A ^a   Koumantakis, E ^a   Delides, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Menopause; Smoking epidemiology; Vaginal atrophy; Vaginal smear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY MENOPAUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; VAGINA ATROPHY; VAGINA EPITHELIUM; VAGINA SMEAR;

EID: 17344389719     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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