AJPH
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 70, Issue 4 420-422, Copyright © 1980 by American Public Health Association

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Purchase Article
Right arrow View Shopping Cart
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Kaufman, D W
Right arrow Articles by Shapiro, S
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Kaufman, D W
Right arrow Articles by Shapiro, S
Cigarette smoking and age at natural menopause.

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

In a cohort of 656 naturally postmenopausal women who were interviewed at age 60 to 69 years, and was had reached their menopause between the ages of 35 and 59 years, the mean age at menopause declined with increasing number of cigarettes smoked, from 49.4 years of age among women who had never smoked to 47.6 years of age among women who smoked at least 15 cigarettes per day (p less than 0.02). The relationship was not attributable to the onset of menopause inducing women to take up smoking.




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Am J EpidemiolHome page
K. D. Henderson, L. Bernstein, B. Henderson, L. Kolonel, and M. C. Pike
Predictors of the Timing of Natural Menopause in the Multiethnic Cohort Study
Am. J. Epidemiol., June 1, 2008; 167(11): 1287 - 1294.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 BloodHome page
M. L. De Bruin, J. Huisbrink, M. Hauptmann, M. A. Kuenen, G. M. Ouwens, M. B. van't Veer, B. M. P. Aleman, and F. E. van Leeuwen
Treatment-related risk factors for premature menopause following Hodgkin lymphoma
Blood, January 1, 2008; 111(1): 101 - 108.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Hum ReprodHome page
A. Kinney, J. Kline, A. Kelly, M.L. Reuss, and B. Levin
Smoking, alcohol and caffeine in relation to ovarian age during the reproductive years
Hum. Reprod., April 1, 2007; 22(4): 1175 - 1185.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Am J EpidemiolHome page
A. M. Mondul, C. Rodriguez, E. J. Jacobs, and E. E. Calle
Age at Natural Menopause and Cause-specific Mortality
Am. J. Epidemiol., December 1, 2005; 162(11): 1089 - 1097.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Am J EpidemiolHome page
B. K. Jacobsen, I. Heuch, and G. Kvale
Age at Natural Menopause and All-Cause Mortality: A 37-Year Follow-up of 19,731 Norwegian Women
Am. J. Epidemiol., May 15, 2003; 157(10): 923 - 929.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 JAMAHome page
L. A. Bastian, C. M. Smith, and K. Nanda
Is This Woman Perimenopausal?
JAMA, February 19, 2003; 289(7): 895 - 902.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Hum ReprodHome page
R. Hardy and D. Kuh
Does early growth influence timing of the menopause? Evidence from a British birth cohort
Hum. Reprod., September 1, 2002; 17(9): 2474 - 2479.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Int J EpidemiolHome page
R. Hardy, D. Kuh, and M. Wadsworth
Smoking, body mass index, socioeconomic status and the menopausal transition in a British national cohort
Int. J. Epidemiol., October 1, 2000; 29(5): 845 - 851.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Obstet GynecolHome page
G. C. WINDHAM, E. P. ELKIN, S. H. SWAN, K. O. WALLER, and L. FENSTER
Cigarette Smoking and Effects on Menstrual Function
Obstet. Gynecol., January 1, 1999; 93(1): 59 - 65.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1980 by the American Public Health Association