The prevalence and the age at the onset of menopause in Turkish women in rural area

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1381-1386

  Vehid, Suphi ^a   Aran, Sinan N ^a,b   Köksal, Selçuk ^a   Işiloglu, Haluk ^a   Şenocak, Mustafa ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY MENOPAUSE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; ONSET AGE; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GRAVIDITY; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; TURKEY;

EID: 33748860241     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 03795284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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