The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 121, Issue 4 , Pages 295-301 , April 2008

Sexual Satisfaction and Cardiovascular Disease: The Women’s Health Initiative

Preliminary results from this work were presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine 30th Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 26, 2007.

  • Jennifer S. McCall-Hosenfeld, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • VA Boston Healthcare System, Mass
    • Boston University, Mass
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Jennifer McCall-Hosenfeld, MD, MSc, Boston University Medical Center, Section of General Internal Medicine, 801 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 200, Boston, MA 02118.
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  • Karen M. Freund, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Boston University, Mass
    • ,
  • Claudine Legault, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
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  • Sarah A. Jaramillo, MS

      Affiliations

    • Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
    • ,
  • Barbara B. Cochrane, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • University of Washington, Seattle
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  • JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Mass
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  • Nanette K. Wenger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Emory University, Atlanta, Ga
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  • Charles B. Eaton, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket
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  • S. Gene McNeeley, MD

      Affiliations

    • Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich
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  • Beatriz L. Rodriguez, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Hawaii, Manoa
    • ,
  • Denise Bonds, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • University of Virginia, Charlottesville.

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 The Women’s Health Initiative program was funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. McCall-Hosenfeld was supported by a Department of Veterans Affairs Special Fellowship in the Health Issues of Women Veterans.

PII: S0002-9343(07)01178-3

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2007.11.013

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 121, Issue 4 , Pages 295-301 , April 2008

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