Coronary heart disease of females: Lessons learned from nonhuman primates

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 785-793

  Clarkson, Thomas B ^a   Mehaffey, Margaret H ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Estrogen; Menopause; Model; Monkey

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE TREATMENT; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; HORMONE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SYMPTOM; WOMENS HEALTH;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MACACA; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CORONARY DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MENOPAUSE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MACACA FASCICULARIS; PRIMATES;

EID: 69349091631     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20693     Document Type: Article

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