Age at menarche and adult BMI in the Aberdeen Children of the 1950s Cohort Study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 733-739

  Pierce, Mary B ^a   Leon, David A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aberdeen Children of the 1950s Study; Body mass index; Epidemiology; Growth; Life course analysis; Menarche; Sexual maturation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENARCHE; OBESITY; PARITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; ADOLESCENT; AGE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 27744433243     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/82.4.733     Document Type: Article

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