Pulse pressure and age at menopause

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Luoto, Riita ^a,b   Sharrett, A Richey ^a   Eigenbrodt, Marsha ^c   Arnett, Donna ^d  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^c IL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PULSE PRESSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 2642534414     PISSN: 14726874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-2-6     Document Type: Article

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