Work-related factors associated with age at natural menopause in a generation of French gainfully employed women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 429-438

  Cassou, B ^a,d   Mandereau, L ^b   Aegerter, P ^a   Touranchet, A ^c   Derriennic, F ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Inspection Médicale Régionale du Travail des Pays de la Loire   (France)

^d Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines University   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Depression; Education; France; Menopause; Occupations; Smoking; Women

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; EDUCATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYMPTOM; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS HEALTH;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; PATIENT SELECTION; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SURVIVAL; WORK SCHEDULE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547696800     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm104     Document Type: Article

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