"I’m going to stay young": Belief in anti-aging efficacy of menopausal hormone therapy drives prolonged use despite medical risks

• Mary M. Hunter ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mary M. Hunter, Alison J. Huang, Margaret I. Wallhagen

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: mary.hunter@ucsf.edu

  Affiliation Department of Physiological Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2445-2648

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• Alison J. Huang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mary M. Hunter, Alison J. Huang, Margaret I. Wallhagen

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Margaret I. Wallhagen

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mary M. Hunter, Alison J. Huang, Margaret I. Wallhagen

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Physiological Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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