Body mass index, exercise, and other lifestyle factors in relation to age at natural menopause: Analyses from the breakthrough generations study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 175, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 998-1005

  Morris, Danielle H ^a   Jones, Michael E ^b   Schoemaker, Minouk J ^b   McFadden, Emily ^b   Ashworth, Alan ^b   Swerdlow, Anthony J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

alcohol drinking; body mass index; diet, vegetarian; exercise; menopause; weight gain

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; AGE; ALCOHOL; BODY MASS; CANCER; DIET; LIFESTYLE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MENOPAUSE; PARITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETARIAN; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84861365931     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr447     Document Type: Article

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