Time to menopause in relation to PBBs, PCBs, and smoking

Maturitas

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-106

  Blanck, Heidi Michels ^a   Marcus, Michele ^b   Tolbert, Paige E ^b   Schuch, Cheryl ^b   Rubin, Carol ^c   Henderson, Alden K ^c   Zhang, Rebecca H ^b   Hertzberg, Vicki S ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Menopause; Michigan; parts per billion; PBBs; PCBs; polybrominated biphenyls; Polybrominated biphenyls; polychlorinated biphenyl; Polychlorinated biphenyls; ppb; S.D.; Smoking; standard deviation

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; REGISTER; SMOKING; SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 4944242407     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2003.10.011     Document Type: Article

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