Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 306-313 , May 2008

The impact of the menopause on coronary artery calcification examined by multislice computed tomography scanning

  • Chung-Hua Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Community Medicine Research Center and Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, 155 Li-Nong Street, Sec. 2, Peitou, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Chinese Medicine, Taipei Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Steve G.N. Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Taipei Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Kung-Chang Hwang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chang-Feng Kuo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hen-Hong Chang

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Graduate Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • P.H. Pesus Chou

      Affiliations

    • Community Medicine Research Center and Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, 155 Li-Nong Street, Sec. 2, Peitou, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886 2 2826 7050; fax: +886 2 2820 1461.

Received 23 May 2006 ,Revised 7 November 2006 ,Accepted 20 November 2006.

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PII: S0939-4753(06)00243-2

doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2006.11.005

Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 306-313 , May 2008

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