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Women's Health Initiative: Background and Overview

2003, On-line publication, Federal Publication, English
Web link: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/whi/background.htm

Description:

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) established the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) in 1991 to address the most common causes of death, disability and impaired quality of life in postmenopausal women. The WHI will address cardiovascular disease, cancer, and osteoporosis.

Availability information:

This publication is available only on the Internet.

Source:

Women's Health Initiative, OD, NIH, HHS
1 Rockledge Centre, Suite 300 MS 79666705 Rockledge Drive
Bethesda MD 20817-7966

Phone number(s):

(301) 402-2900

Related topics:

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• CANCER
• CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AND DISORDERS
• ESTROGEN
• HEALTH PROMOTION / DISEASE PREVENTION / SAFETY
• HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY
• HORMONE THERAPY/HT
• MENOPAUSE
• OSTEOPOROSIS
• POSTMENOPAUSE
• WOMEN'S HEALTH

NWHIC record number P-814