Factors related to age at natural menopause: Longitudinal analyses from SWAN

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 70-83

  Gold, Ellen B ^a   Crawford, Sybil L ^b   Avis, Nancy E ^c   Crandall, Carolyn J ^d   Matthews, Karen A ^e   Waetjen, L Elaine ^a   Lee, Jennifer S ^a   Thurston, Rebecca ^e   Vuga, Marike ^e   Harlow, Siobán D ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

age; education; ethnicity; menopause; oral contraceptives; race; smoking; weight

Indexed keywords

AGE; DATA SET; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH RISK; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WEIGHT; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; MENOPAUSE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES; RACE; SMOKING; WEIGHT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENOPAUSE; MENOPAUSE, PREMATURE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880224011     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws421     Document Type: Article

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