Evidence for a secular trend in menopausal age: A population study of women in Gothenburg

Menopause

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 538-543

  Rödström, Kerstin ^a,c   Bengtsson, Calle ^a   Milsom, Ian ^a   Lissner, Lauren ^a,b   Sundh, Valter ^a   Bjoürkelund, Cecilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^c Box 454 ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hormone therapy; Menarche; Menopause age; Prospective population study; Secular trend; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN; AGE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; LIFESTYLE; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN;

EID: 13644251732     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.GME.0000094395.59028.0F     Document Type: Article

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