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Causes of death and associated risk factors among climacteric women from Southern Brazil: a population based-study

BACKGROUND: Aging and menopause are particular cardiovascular risk factors for women, due to estrogen deprivation at the time of menopause. Studies show that diabetes mellitus (DM), smoking, hypertension, high body mass index (BMI), and serum lipids are associated with increased risk of cardiovascul...

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Autores principales: Colpani, Verônica, Oppermann, Karen, Spritzer, Poli Mara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3946596/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24559309
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-194