Design of the Women's Health Initiative clinical trial and observational study. The Women's Health Initiative Study Group.
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Summary
The rationale for the interventions being studied in each of the CT components and for the inclusion of the OS component is described, including a brief description of the scientific and logistic complexity of the WHI.
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- article
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- 1998-02-01
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Keywords
Medicine, Women's Health Initiative, Observational study, Hormone replacement therapy (female-to-male), Breast cancer
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