The menopausal age and associated factors in Gorgan, Iran

Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 50-56

  Abdollahi, Ali Akbar ^a   Qorbani, Mostafa ^b,c   Asayesh, Hamid ^d   Rezapour, Aziz ^c,e   Noroozi, Mehdi ^f   Mansourian, Morteza ^g   Soleimani, Mohammad Ali ^c   Ansari, Hossain ^h  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ALBORZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d QOM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^g LORESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^h ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Climacteric complains; Fertility factors; Iran; Menopausal age; Menstrual factors; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878144326     PISSN: 10161430     EISSN: 22516840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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