Utilisation of hormone replacement therapy by women doctors.

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Published in BMJ on November 25, 1995

Authors

A J Isaacs1, A R Britton, K McPherson

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, England.

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