Postmenopausal hormone therapy and cognitive outcomes: the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study (WHIMS).

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Published in J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol on November 22, 2009

Authors

Laura H Coker1, Mark A Espeland, Stephen R Rapp, Claudine Legault, Susan M Resnick, Patricia Hogan, Sarah Gaussoin, Maggie Dailey, Sally A Shumaker

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Blvd., Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. lcoker@wfubmc.edu

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