The women's health initiative - Curse or blessing?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 814-816

  Michels, Karin B ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; PLACEBO; VITAMIN D;

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BREAST CANCER; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EATING HABIT; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID DIET; LOW FAT DIET; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIETARY FATS; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33749599176     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl133     Document Type: Editorial

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