Sex differences in the risk of cardiovascular disease

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7822, 2011, Pages

  Parikh, Nisha I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; PLACEBO; TESTOSTERONE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; ANDROPAUSE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; MALE; MENOPAUSE; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA;

EID: 84857403464     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d5526     Document Type: Editorial

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