Maturitas
Volume 56, Issue 2 , Pages 153-160 , 20 February 2007

High-dose testosterone is associated with atherosclerosis in postmenopausal women

  • A. Elisabeth Hak

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Erasmus Medical Center, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31 10 408 7365; fax: +31 10 408 9382.
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  • Iris C.D. Westendorp

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Erasmus Medical Center, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Huibert A.P. Pols

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Erasmus Medical Center, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Albert Hofman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Erasmus Medical Center, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Jacqueline C.M. Witteman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Erasmus Medical Center, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Received 18 January 2006 ,Revised 6 July 2006 ,Accepted 15 July 2006.

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PII: S0378-5122(06)00274-X

doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2006.07.004

Maturitas
Volume 56, Issue 2 , Pages 153-160 , 20 February 2007

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