Hormone replacement therapy: The debate should continue

Geriatrics

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 30-37

  Bluming, Avrum Z ^a,b  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Coronary heart disease; Quality of life breast cancer; Women's health; Women's Health Initiative

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; PLACEBO;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; WOMEN HEALTH INITIATIVE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 8844233524     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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