Predicting age at onset of menopause: Testing the "adaptive onset" hypothesis

Maturitas

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 193-195

  Stinespring Harris, A E ^a   Bernstein, R M ^b   Kuhle, B X ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive onset; Altriciality lifespan hypothesis; Evolution; Grandmother hypothesis; Menopause; Reproductive senescence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EARLY MENOPAUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 70350580654     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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