Factors associated with the age of natural menopause and menopausal symptoms in Chinese women

Maturitas

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 354-360

  Li, Lin ^a   Wu, Jie ^a   Pu, Danhua ^a   Zhao, Yang ^b   Wan, Chunhua ^c   Sun, Lihua ^d   Shen, Cai E ^e   Sun, Weihua ^f   Yuan, Zhimin ^g   Shen, Qin ^h   He, Xiaoyan ⁱ   Jiang, Jian ^j   Luo, Naimei ^k   He, Ya ^l   Qian, Qiuju ^m   Cai, Peiqin ⁿ   Zhang, Mei ^o  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Nantong   (China)

^d The Affiliated Wuxi Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital of Nanjing Medical University   (China)

^e Maternal and Child Health Institute of Suzhou   (China)

^f Lianyungang Maternal and Child Heath Hospital   (China)

^g Huai'an Maternal and Child Health Care Center   (China)

^h Taizhou Maternity and Infant Health Hospital   (China)

ⁱ Yangzhou Women and Children's Health Care Hospital   (China)

^j Nanjing Medical University   (China)

^k Yancheng Maternity and Infant Health Hospital   (China)

^l Dongtai Maternal and Child Health Hospital   (China)

^m Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Zhenjiang   (China)

ⁿ Suqian Maternity Hospital   (China)

^o Xuzhou Maternity and Child Health Hospital   (China)

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Author keywords

Cross sectional studies; Epidemiologic factors; Menopausal age of onset; Menopausal symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHINESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLIMACTERIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; MYALGIA; NULLIPARA; PARITY; REPRODUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84869095245     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2012.09.008     Document Type: Article

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