Total estradiol levels in migrant and British-born British Pakistani women: Investigating early life influences on ovarian function

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 301-304

  Pollard, Tessa M ^a   Unwin, Nigel ^b   Fischbacher, Colin ^c   Chamley, Jagdip K ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRITISH ASIAN; EARLY LIFE STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIGRATION; OVARY FUNCTION; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLICULAR PHASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MENARCHE; PAKISTAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 67449127058     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20859     Document Type: Article

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