Cigarette smoking and age at natural menopause

D.W. Kaufman, D. Slone, L. Rosenberg, O.S. Miettinen and S. Shapiro

American Journal of Public Health, 1980, vol. 70, issue 4, 420-422

Abstract: In a cohort of 656 naturally postmenopausal women who were interviewed at age 60 to 69 yr, and who had reached their menopause between the ages of 35 and 59 yr, the mean age at menopause declined with increasing number of cigarettes smoked, from 49.4 yr of age among women who had never smoked to 47.6 yr of age among women who smoked at least 15 cigarettes per day (p

Date: 1980
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