Correlates of menstrual cycle characteristics among nulliparous Danish women

Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 311-319

  Hahn, Kristen A ^a   Wise, Lauren A ^a,b   Riis, Anders H ^c   Mikkelsen, Ellen M ^c   Rothman, Kenneth J ^a,d   Banholzer, Kristen ^a   Hatch, Elizabeth E ^a  

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

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d RTI HEALTH SOLUTIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Body mass index; Caffeine; Menstrual cycle; Menstruation; Physical activity; Smoking

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DANISH; DENMARK; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MENSTRUATION; NULLIPARA; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84882568043     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CLEP.S46712     Document Type: Article

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