Does long-term lactation protect premenopausal women against hypertension risk? A Korean women's cohort study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 433-438

  Soon, Young Lee ^a,b   Kim, Miyong T ^c   Sun, Ha Jee ^d   Hannah, Phil Yang ^b  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Lactation; Obesity; Premenopause

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KOREA; LACTATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; KOREA; LACTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREMENOPAUSE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK;

EID: 19544387443     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.11.025     Document Type: Article

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