Season of birth influences the timing of menopause

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2190-2193

  Cagnacci, Angelo ^a   Pansini, Francesco S ^b   Bacchi Modena, Alberto ^c   Giulini, Nunzio ^e   Mollica, Gioacchino ^b   De Aloysio, Domenico ^d   Vadora, Eugenio ^c   Volpe, Annibale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b Hospital of Ferrara   (Italy)

^c ACADEMIC HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^d S Orsola Malpighi   (Italy)

^e Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Cattolica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environment; Fertility; Menopause; Rhythms; Season

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BODY MASS; CHILDBIRTH; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKING HABIT; SPRING; WORK; AGE; BIRTH; FERTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTURITION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS;

EID: 25144436071     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dei040     Document Type: Article

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