Telomere length and age-at-menopause in the US

Maturitas

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 215-221

  Shenassa, Edmond D ^a,b,c   Rossen, Lauren M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Menopause; Reproductive aging; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; MENOPAUSE; MEXICAN AMERICAN; RACE; TELOMERE; UNITED STATES; AGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; TELOMERE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84942829068     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2015.07.009     Document Type: Article

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