Stopping hormone replacement therapy: Were women ill advised?

Menopause International

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 82-87

  Cumming, Grant P ^a   Currie, Heather D ^b   Panay, Nick ^c   Moncur, Rik ^d   Lee, Amanda J ^e  

^a NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

^b DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Internet Design Shop   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advice; HRT; Internet; Menopause; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MASS MEDIUM; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK;

EID: 80052727169     PISSN: 13621807     EISSN: 17404568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/mi.2011.011103     Document Type: Article

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