Association of intrauterine and early-life exposures with age at menopause in the sister study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 140-148

  Steiner, Anne Z ^a   D'Aloisio, Aimee A ^b   Deroo, Lisa A ^b   Sandler, Dale P ^b   Baird, Donna D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences   (Australia)

Author keywords

diethylstilbestrol; menopause; pregnancy; prenatal exposure delayed effects; risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGE; BREASTFEEDING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIABETES; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; HORMONE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MENOPAUSE; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SIBLING;

EID: 77955010174     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq092     Document Type: Article

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