Hormone replacement therapy: Limited response in the UK to the new evidence [4]

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 55, Issue 516, 2005, Pages 555-

  Townsend, Joy ^a   Nanchahal, Kiran ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; ESTRADIOL; GESTAGEN;

FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 21344443064     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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