Age at menarche, total mortality and mortality from ischaemic heart disease and stroke: The Adventist Health Study, 1976 - 88

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 245-252

  Jacobsen, B K ^a   Oda, K ^b   Knutsen, S F ^b   Fraser, G E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Menarche; Mortality; Myocardial infarction; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MATERNAL AGE; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; STROKE;

EID: 60149092140     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn251     Document Type: Article

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