Life long endogenous estrogen exposure and later adulthood cognitive function in a population of naturally postmenopausal women from Southern China: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 864-873

  Heys, Michelle ^a   Jiang, Chaoqiang ^b   Cheng, Kar Keung ^c   Zhang, Weisen ^b   Yeung, Shiu Lun Au ^a   Lam, Tai Hing ^a   Leung, Gabriel M ^a   Schooling, C Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Guangzhou Number 12 Hospital   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; China; Cognition; Cohort studies; Menarche; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILDHOOD; CHINA; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PARITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 79956333348     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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