Cortisol, estrogens and risk of ischaemic heart disease, cancer and all-cause mortality in postmenopausal women: A prospective cohort study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 530-538

  Rod, Naja Hulvej ^a   Kristensen, Tage S ^b   Diderichsen, Finn ^a   Prescott, Eva ^c   Jensen, Gorm B ^c   Hansen, Åse Marie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Task Consult   (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Coronary; Disease; Estrogens; Hydrocortisone; Mortality; Neoplasms; Prospective studies; Psychological stress

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

BIOMARKER; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; HORMONE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; STEROID; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OVARY CANCER; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DENMARK; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NEOPLASMS, HORMONE-DEPENDENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77952695432     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp354     Document Type: Article

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