Median age at menopause in a rural population of Western Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 634-638

  Noreh, J ^a   Sekadde Kigondu, C ^b   Karanja, J G ^b   Thagana, N G ^c  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KENYA; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; RURAL AREA;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS--WOMEN; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; KENYA; MENOPAUSE; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RURAL POPULATION--WOMEN; SAMPLING STUDIES; STUDIES; SURVEYS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; KENYA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031421739     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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