Maturitas
Volume 61, Issue 4 , Pages 287-298 , 20 December 2008

The relationship between smoking and age at the menopause: A systematic review

  • Raphael C. Parente

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Social Medicine, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Instituto de Medicina Social, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Rua São Francisco Xavier 524, 7° andar, blocos D e E Rio de Janeiro – RJ, CEP 20550-90, Brazil. Tel.: +55 21 2587 7303; fax: +55 21 2264 1142.
    • ,
  • Eduardo Faerstein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Social Medicine, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • ,
  • Roger Keller Celeste

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Social Medicine, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • ,
  • Guilherme L. Werneck

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Social Medicine, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • Center for Public Health Studies, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Received 23 January 2008 ,Revised 15 August 2008 ,Accepted 20 September 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2008.09.021

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