Social and biological predictors of early menopause: A model for premature aging

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 242, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 299-305

  Nilsson, P ^a,d   Moller L ^b   Koster A ^b   Hollnagel, H ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Dept of Community Health Sciences ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ageing; Insulin; Menopause; Smoking; Social class; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; OBSERVATION; PREMATURE AGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0030689725     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.1997.00220.x     Document Type: Article

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