Age at natural menopause in relation to all-cause and cause-specific mortality in a follow-up study of US black women

Maturitas

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 246-252

  Li, Se ^a,b   Rosenberg, Lynn ^a,b   Wise, Lauren A ^a,b   Boggs, Deborah A ^a   Lavalley, Michael ^b   Palmer, Julie R ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; All cause mortality; Cardiovascular mortality; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENOPAUSE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878545042     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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