Menopause: No support for an evolutionary explanation among historical Norwegians

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 408-413

  Skjærvø, Gine Roll ^a   Røskaft, Eivin ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ageing; Demographic data; Evolutionary theory; Follicular atresia; Grandchildren; Menopause; Reproductive Conflict Hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; AGING; ARTICLE; COITUS; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; NORWAY; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLICULAR ATRESIA; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84874693238     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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