The impact of developmental conditions on adult salivary estradiol levels: Why this differs from progesterone?

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 2-14

  Núñez De La Mora, Alejandra ^a,c,d   Bentley, Gillian R ^a   Choudhury, Osul A ^b   Napolitano, Dora A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College   (Bangladesh)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; IMMIGRANT; LIFESTYLE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIGRATION; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SALIVA LEVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PROGESTERONE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SALIVA; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 38049174712     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20698     Document Type: Article

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