NIH and WHI - Time for a mea culpa and steps beyond

Menopause

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1056-1059

  Utian, Wulf H ^a  

^a North American Menopause Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen therapy; Hormone therapy; Menopause; Women's Health Initiative (WHI)

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HIP FRACTURE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 36048976289     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3181589bfe     Document Type: Review

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