Dietary fat and sports activity as determinants for age at menarche

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 217-224

  Merzenich, Hiltrud ^a   Boeing, Heiner ^a   Wahrendorf, Jürgen ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Dietary fats; Exercise; Menarche

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CHILD; EXERCISE; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENARCHE; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EUROPE; GERMANY, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF; HEALTH; LIFE STYLE; MENARCHE--DETERMINANTS; MENSTRUATION; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTORS; WESTERN EUROPE;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENARCHE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0027161917     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116850     Document Type: Article

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