Age at menarche and menopause: their correlates and association with selected cardiovascular disease risk factors among 300 000 Chinese women in the China Kadoorie Biobank

<p>Background: Age-standardised mortality rates for cardiovascular disease (CVD) are generally higher among men than women, prompting suggestions that reproductive factors may be partly responsible. Moreover, there have been major changes in women’s reproductive patterns and CVD rates in China...

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Main Author: Murugasen, S
Other Authors: Chen, Z
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2011
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