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Breastfeeding is associated with lower subclinical atherosclerosis in postmenopausal women

Areti Augoulea2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aretaieio Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece;
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Eleni Armeni2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aretaieio Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece;
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Stavroula A. Paschou2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aretaieio Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece;
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Georgios GeorgiopoulosVascular Laboratory, Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Kimon StamatelopoulosVascular Laboratory, Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
&
Irene Lambrinoudaki2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aretaieio Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece; Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 796-799 | Received 14 May 2020, Accepted 10 Jun 2020, Published online: 25 Jun 2020

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