Childhood cognitive ability and age at menopause: Evidence from two cohort studies

Menopause

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 475-482

  Kuh, Diana ^a   Butterworth, Suzanne ^a   Kok, Helen ^b   Richards, Marcus ^a   Hardy, Rebecca ^a   Wadsworth, Michael E J ^a   Leon, David A ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood cognition; Cohort study; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PARITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 23244468555     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.GME.0000153889.40119.4C     Document Type: Article

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