Associations of physical activity and diet with the onset of menopause in Japanese women

Menopause

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-81

  Nagata, Chisato ^a   Wada, Keiko ^a   Nakamura, Kozue ^a   Tamai, Yuya ^a   Tsuji, Michiko ^a   Shimizu, Hiroyuki ^a,b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Sakihai Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diet; Estrogen; Menopause; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ESTROGEN; ISOFLAVONE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; ONSET AGE; PARITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOYBEAN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DIET; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY INTAKE; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; EXERCISE; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84655161474     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3182243737     Document Type: Article

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