Are the effects of risk factors for timing of menopause modified by age? Results from a British birth cohort study

Menopause

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 717-724

  Mishra, Gita ^a   Hardy, Rebecca ^a   Kuh, Diana ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age at menopause; Early life; Genetic; Parental divorce; Stress; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; BREAST FEEDING; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PARITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34447319098     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e31802f3156     Document Type: Conference Paper

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