The Women's Health in the Lund Area (WHILA) study-An overview

Maturitas

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-45

  Samsioe, Göran ^a   Lidfeldt, Jonas ^b   Nerbrand, Christina ^b   Nilsson, Peter ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Epidemiology; Glucose; Hypertension; Menopause; Screening; Women

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BONE DENSITOMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENOPAUSE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NEOPLASM; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 72149116412     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2009.11.009     Document Type: Review

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