Physical activity and age at menopause: The Nord-Trondelag population-based health study

Climacteric

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 78-87

  Gudmundsdottir, S L ^a   Flanders, W D ^b   Augestad, L B ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age At Menopause; Cohort Study; Epidemiology; Exercise; Physical Activity

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; ONSET AGE; PARITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

EID: 84872442172     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13697137.2011.646344     Document Type: Article

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