Abdominal aortic aneurysm in postmenopausal women

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7677, 2008, Pages 1010-

  Powell, Janet T ^a   Norman, Paul E ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTERY DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EDITORIAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MORTALITY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SMOKING CESSATION; AORTA RUPTURE; FEMALE; NOTE; POSTMENOPAUSE; SMOKING;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTMENOPAUSE; SMOKING;

EID: 55949114710     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a1894     Document Type: Editorial

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