Age at menarche and natural menopause and number of reproductive years in association with mortality: Results from a median follow-up of 11.2 years among 31,955 naturally menopausal Chinese women

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Wu, Xiaoyan ^a,d   Cai, Hui ^a   Kallianpur, Asha ^a   Gao, Yu Tang ^b   Yang, Gong ^a   Chow, Wong Ho ^c   Li, Hong Lan ^b   Zheng, Wei ^a   Shu, Xiao Ou ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE   (China)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SPAN; RISK FACTOR; AGE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REPRODUCTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84905457085     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103673     Document Type: Article

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