The frequency distribution of age at natural menopause among Saudi Arabian women

Maturitas

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 263-272

  Greer, William ^a   Sandridge, Amy L ^a   Chehabeddine, Rona S ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Age at menopause; Frequency distribution; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242475235     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5122(03)00215-9     Document Type: Article

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