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MedicineRelative riskConfidence intervalConfoundingEstrogenInternal medicineEpidemiologyFramingham Heart StudyPopulationFramingham Risk ScoreCardiologyEndocrinologyDiseaseEnvironmental health
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- 20
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- 1
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- 47-63
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Meir J. Stampfer,
Graham A. Colditz
(1991).
Estrogen replacement therapy and coronary heart disease: A quantitative assessment of the epidemiologic evidence.
Preventive Medicine
, 20
(1)
, 47-63.
https://doi.org/10.1016/0091-7435(91)90006-p
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- 10.1016/0091-7435(91)90006-p