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. 2021 Apr 6;325(13):1328-1330.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.0278.

Trends in Age at Natural Menopause and Reproductive Life Span Among US Women, 1959-2018

Duke Appiah  1 , Chike C Nwabuo  2 , Imo A Ebong  3 , Melissa F Wellons  4 , Stephen J Winters  5
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Trends in Age at Natural Menopause and Reproductive Life Span Among US Women, 1959-2018

Duke Appiah et al. JAMA. .

Abstract

This national survey study uses the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to describe trends in age at natural menopause, age at menarche, and reproductive life span, and variables associated with shorter and longer spans, among US women between 1959-1962 and 2015-2018.

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