Regional differences in age at menopause between Korean-Korean and Korean-Chinese

Menopause

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 569-574

  Ku, Seung Yup ^a,b   Kang, Jong Won ^c   Kim, Heon ^c   Ku, Pyong Sahm ^d   Lee, Sook Hwan ^e   Suh, Chang Suk ^a,b   Kim, Seok Hyun ^a,b   Choi, Young Min ^a,b   Kim, Jung Gu ^a   Moon, Shin Yong ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^d Korea AAM Institute   (South Korea)

^e CHA University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Age at menopause; Korean Chinese; Korean Korean; Regional difference

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; BODY MASS; CHINESE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; KOREA; MENOPAUSE; MIGRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EARLY MENOPAUSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MENOPAUSE; MENOPAUSE, PREMATURE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 14944364472     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.gme.0000142913.70089.a1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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