Use of Urine Biomarkers to Evaluate Menstrual Function in Healthy Premenopausal Women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 147, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1071-1080

  Waller, Kirsten ^a   Swan, Shanna H ^a   Windham, Gayle C ^a   Fenster, Laura ^a   Elkin, Eric P ^a   Lasley, Bill L ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anovulation; Estrogens, conjugated; Follicular phase; Luteal phase; Menstrual cycle; Ovulation; Pregnanediol; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; PREGNANEDIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; AGE; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVULATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0032102959     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009401     Document Type: Article

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