The age at menopause and associated factors at the health center area in Ankara, Turkey

Maturitas

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 211-219

  Özdemir, Oya ^a   Çöl, Meltem ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Age at menopause; Age at menopause and related factors; Turkish women

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLIMACTERIUM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PARITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLING; SCREENING; SIBLING; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY;

ANKARA;

EID: 5644264006     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2004.01.013     Document Type: Article

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