Social and environmental conditions across the life course and age at menopause in a British birth cohort study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 346-354

  Hardy, Rebecca ^a   Kuh, Diana ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIVORCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROWDING; DIVORCE; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOUSING; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 14644414805     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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