Life course effects on age at menopause among Bangladeshi sedentees and migrants to the UK

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-93

  Murphy, Lorna ^a   Sievert, Lynnette ^a   Begum, Khurshida ^b   Sharmeen, Taniya ^b   Puleo, Elaine ^a   Chowdhury, Osul ^c   Muttukrishna, Shanthi ^d   Bentley, Gillian ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MAG Osmani Medical College   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BANGLADESH; CAUCASIAN; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INFANT; LIFESTYLE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PARASITOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BANGLADESH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CYCLONIC STORMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE STYLE; LONDON; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITIC DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84871269546     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22345     Document Type: Article

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