Acceleration of cardiovascular risk during the late menopausal transition

Menopause

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-2

  Pai, Jennifer K ^a   Manson, Joann E ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLIMACTERIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; VASCULARIZATION;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84872073886     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e318278e9b4     Document Type: Editorial

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