Longitudinal study of the inception of perimenopause in relation to lifetime history of sexual or physical violence

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 938-943

  Allsworth, Jenifer E ^a   Zierler, Sally ^a   Lapane, Kate L ^a   Krieger, Nancy ^b   Hogan, Joseph W ^a   Harlow, Bernard L ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; VIOLENCE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MENSTRUATION; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; SEXUAL ABUSE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PERIMENOPAUSE; SEX OFFENSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIOLENCE;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7044240766     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2003.017160     Document Type: Article

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