Fetal environment and early age at natural menopause in a British birth cohort study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 791-798

  Tom, Sarah E ^a   Cooper, Rachel ^b   Kuh, Diana ^b   Guralnik, Jack M ^c   Hardy, Rebecca ^b   Power, Chris ^d  

^a GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; Birthweight; Fetal environment; Fetal growth; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MENOPAUSE; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 76749109376     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep451     Document Type: Article

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