An overview of age of onset of menopause in northern India

Maturitas

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 199-204

  Kriplani, Alka ^a   Banerjee, Kaberi ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Age; Factors affecting age of onset; Geriatric; India; Menopause; Onset; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; ONSET AGE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; SAMPLE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONTRACEPTION; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 27644467067     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2005.02.001     Document Type: Article

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