Changes in reproductive indices in Chuvashian women whose maturation was during World War II

Maturitas

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 205-211

  Kalichman, Leonid ^a   Malkin, Ida ^a   Kobyliansky, Eugene ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chuvashian population; Food deprivation; Menarche; Menopause; War; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISASTER; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; REHABILITATION CARE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT T TEST; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCTION; RUSSIA; SEXUAL MATURATION; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 33846108720     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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