Timing of maturation and predictors of menarche in girls enrolled in a contemporary British cohort

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 492-504

  Rubin, Carol ^a   Maisonet, Mildred ^a,b   Kieszak, Stephanie ^a   Monteilh, Carolyn ^a   Holmes, Adrianne ^a   Flanders, Dana ^a,b   Heron, Jon ^c   Golding, Jean ^c   Mcgeehin, Mike ^a   Marcus, Michele ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ALSPAC; Maternal BMI; Maternal menarche; Maternal smoking; Menarche; Puberty; Tanner stages

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MATURATION; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBERTY; RACE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MENARCHE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 68849095474     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2009.01055.x     Document Type: Article

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