Prospective study of factors influencing the onset of natural menopause

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1271-1276

  Kato, Ikuko ^a   Toniolo, Paolo ^a   Akhmedkhanov, Arslan ^a   Koenig, Karen L ^a   Shore, Roy ^a   Zeleniuch Jacquotte, Anne ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Menopause; Obesity; Parity; Prospective study; Religion; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHRISTIANITY; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JEWS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SMOKING;

EID: 0032434138     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(98)00119-X     Document Type: Article

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