Estrogens and women's health: A scary or a fairy tale?

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 175-178

  Genazzani, Andrea R ^a   Gambacciani, M ^a   Simoncini, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN PLUS MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; PLACEBO; PROTHROMBIN; SEX HORMONE;

BLOOD CLOTTING; BONE DENSITY; BONE METABOLISM; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIP FRACTURE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; STROKE;

CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 1942440985     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09513590410001692456     Document Type: Editorial

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