An event history analysis of age at last menstrual period: Correlates of natural and surgical menopause among midlife Wisconsin women

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1381-1396

  Shinberg, Diane S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Hysterectomy; Menopause; Midlife; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL CAPACITY; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SMOKING; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0032549454     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)10085-5     Document Type: Article

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