Lifelong menstrual histories are typically erratic and trending: A taxonomy

Menopause

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 74-88

  Gorrindo, Tristan ^a   Lu, Ying ^b   Pincus, Steve ^c   Riley, Ann ^a   Simon, James A ^a   Singer, Burton H ^d   Weinstein, Maxine ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Princeton University ^*

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cycle characteristics; Menopause; Menstrual cycle; Perimenopause; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; TAXONOMY;

ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PERIODICITY;

EID: 33846076197     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.gme.0000227853.19979.7f     Document Type: Article

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