From menarche to menopause: Trends among US women born from 1912 to 1969

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 164, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1003-1011

  Nichols, Hazel B ^a   Trentham Dietz, Amy ^a,b   Hampton, John M ^a   Titus Ernstoff, Linda ^c   Egan, Kathleen M ^d   Willett, Walter C ^e   Newcomb, Polly A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Hormones; Menarche; Menopause; Reproduction; Women

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HORMONE; LIFESTYLE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REPRODUCTION; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; REPRODUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; TELEPHONE TELEMETRY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MASSACHUSETTS; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW HAMPSHIRE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SMOKING; WISCONSIN;

MASSACHUSETTS; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 33750899323     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj282     Document Type: Article

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