Lifetime socioeconomic position in relation to onset of perimenopause

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 851-860

  Wise, L A ^a,b,c   Krieger, N ^b   Zierler, S ^c   Harlow, B L ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; ONSET AGE; PREMENOPAUSE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CLIMACTERIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036838171     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.56.11.851     Document Type: Article

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