The age of menopause and the menopause transition in a multiracial population: A nation-wide Singapore study

Maturitas

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 169-180

  Loh, Foo Hoe ^a,c   Khin, Lay Wai ^b   Saw, Seang Mei ^a   Lee, Jeannette J M ^a   Gu, Ken ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^c MOUNT ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Age of Menopause; Menopausal symptoms; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; EXPERIENCE; FACE; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INDIAN; INTERVIEW; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MYALGIA; PARITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF REPORT; SINGAPORE; SOCIETY; TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALAYSIA; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; SINGAPORE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 27644590625     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2004.11.004     Document Type: Article

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