Life course socioeconomic adversity and age at natural menopause in women from Latin America and the Caribbean

Menopause

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 552-559

  Vélez, Maria P ^a,b   Alvarado, Beatriz E ^c   Lord, Catherine ^d   Zunzunegui, Maria Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Life course; Menopause; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE HISTORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MULTIPARA; NULLIPARA; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARIBBEAN REGION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; LIFE STYLE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77952252263     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3181ceca7a     Document Type: Article

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