Age at natural menopause in Yazd, Islamic Republic of Iran

Menopause

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 900-904

  Fallahzadeh, Hossien ^a  

^a YAZD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Age at menopause; Iranian; Menopause; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; INCOME; IRAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VAGINA DISEASE; VASOMOTOR DISORDER; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34948839333     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e318032b2e6     Document Type: Article

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