Factors associated with age at natural menopause in a multiethnic sample of midlife women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 153, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 865-874

  Gold, Ellen B ^a   Bromberger, Joyce ^b   Crawford, Sybil ^c   Samuels, Steve ^a   Greendale, Gail A ^d   Harlow, Sioban D ^e   Skurnick, Joan ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Age of onset; Ethnic groups; Life style; Menopause; Proportional hazards models; Risk factors; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MENOPAUSE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035339952     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/153.9.865     Document Type: Article

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