Lack of association between age at menarche and age at menopause: Pró-Saúde Study, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Maturitas

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 245-250

  Otero, Ubirani Barros ^a   Chor, Dóra ^b   Carvalho, Marilia Sá ^b   Faerstein, Eduardo ^c   Lopes, Cláudia De Souza ^c   Werneck, Guilherme Loureiro ^c  

^a National Cancer Institute   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Menarche; Menopause

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; PARITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77958096097     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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