Socioeconomic status in relation to early menarche among black and white girls

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 713-720

  Braithwaite, Dejana ^a   Moore, Dan H ^a   Lustig, Robert H ^a   Epel, Elissa S ^a   Ong, Ken K ^b   Rehkopf, David H ^a   Wang, May C ^c   Miller, Suzanne M ^d   Hiatt, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MRC EPIDEMIOLOGY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Early menarche; Race ethnicity; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MENARCHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENARCHE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349254976     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-008-9284-9     Document Type: Article

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