Attitudes and practices about postmenopausal hormone therapy among female gynecologists in Brazil

Maturitas

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 146-153

  Filho, Alberto Soares Pereira ^a   Soares Jr , José Maria ^c   Arkader, Jacob ^b   Maciel, Gustavo Arantes Rosa ^c   Baracat, Edmund C ^c  

^a Instituto de Dermatologia Prof Rubem David Azulay   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Gynecologists; Physician's practice patterns; Postmenopausal hormone therapy; Postmenopausal women; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAZIL; BREAST CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTAL MAIL; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; UTERUS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRAZIL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 19444367677     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2004.06.018     Document Type: Article

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