American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access originally published online on November 10, 2007
American Journal of Epidemiology 2007 166(12):1480-1481; doi:10.1093/aje/kwm323
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RE: "INVITED COMMENTARY: HORMONE THERAPY AND RISK OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE—WHY RENEW THE FOCUS ON THE EARLY YEARS OF MENOPAUSE?"
School of Medicine - Slone Epidemiology Unit, Boston University, Brookline, MA 02146
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Manson and Bassuk (1) discuss a theory, "the timing hypothesis," advanced to explain the discrepancy between the results of observational studies that have suggested a protective effect of supplemental female hormone use against coronary heart