Menstrual cycle length preceding menopause in relation to age at menopause

Maturitas

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-123

  Den Tonkelaar, I ^a,b   Te Velde, E R ^a   Looman, C W N ^c  

^a Academic Hospital Utrecht   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Climacteric; Epidemiology; Menopause; Menstrual cycle

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLIMACTERIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032478943     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5122(98)00013-9     Document Type: Article

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