Correlates of age at natural menopause in the cohorts of EPIC-Italy

Tumori

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 608-614

  Celentano, Egidio ^a   Galasso, Rocco ^b   Berrino, Franco ^c   Fusconi, Elisabetta ^c   Giurdanella, Maria Concetta ^d   Tumino, Rosario ^d   Sacerdote, Carlotta ^e   Fiorini, Laura ^e   Ciardullo, Anna Vittoria ^f   Mattiello, Amalia ^g   Palli, Domenico ^h   Masala, Giovanna ^h   Panico, Salvatore ^g  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UO Oncologia Ospedale Oncologico Regionale   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d CIVILE M P AREZZO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^f CeVEAS   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^h CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cohort stuudies; Life style; Menopause; Menstrual cyles; Reproductive factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PARITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 10744228078     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160308900604     Document Type: Article

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