Factors associated with menopausal age in Iranian women: Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 836-841

  Farahmand, Maryam ^a   Tehrani, Fahimeh Ramezani ^a   Pourrajabi, Leila ^b   Najafi, Masood ^b   Azizi, Fereidoun ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Age at menarche; Menopausal age; Reproductive history; Smoking; Tehran Lipid and Glucose study

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LIPID;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MENOPAUSE, PREMATURE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING;

EID: 84879997961     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2012.02050.x     Document Type: Article

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