Age at natural menopause and mortality

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 229-235

  Cooper, Glinda S ^a   Sandler, Dale P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cancer; Cardiovascular Disease; Menopause; Mortality; Premature Ovarian Failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MORTALITY; OVARY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; CAUSES OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIFFERENTIAL MORTALITY; MENOPAUSE; MORTALITY; MORTALITY DETERMINANTS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031959410     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(97)00207-X     Document Type: Article

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