Reproductive characteristics and the age at inception of the perimenopause in a British national cohort

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 149, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 612-620

  Hardy, Rebecca ^a   Kuh, Diana ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Menarche; Menopause; Menstrual cycle; Parity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MULTIPARA; NULLIPARA; ONSET AGE; OOCYTE; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; OVARIECTOMY; PARITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0033119877     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009861     Document Type: Article

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