Association of alcohol consumption with the onset of natural menopause: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 516-528

  Taneri, Petek Eylul ^a,b   Kiefte de Jong, Jessica C ^a,c   Bramer, Wichor M ^a   Daan, Nadine M P ^d   Franco, Oscar H ^a   Muka, Taulant ^a,e  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Age of menopause; Alcohol; Early menopause; Late menopause; Low and moderate drinking; Menopause; Menopause onset

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EARLY MENOPAUSE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREND STUDY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; FEMALE; MENOPAUSE; META ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84976418004     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmw013     Document Type: Article

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