Variability of reproductive history across the Swiss SAPALDIA cohort - Patterns and main determinants

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 437-453

  Dratva, Julia ^a   Zemp, Elisabeth ^a   Staedele, Patricia ^a   Schindler, Christian ^a   Constanza, Michael ^d   Gerbase, Margaret ^b   Probst Hensch, Nicole ^c   Rochat, Thierry ^d   Ackermann Liebrich, Ursula ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fertility; Menarche; Menopause; Reproductive history

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; AGE STRUCTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FERTILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HEALTH RISK; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; URBANIZATION; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SMOKING; SWITZERLAND; TOPOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; BIRTH RATE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SMOKING; SWITZERLAND; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 34447305458     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460701365821     Document Type: Article

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