Maternal body mass index and daughters' age at menarche

Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 677-681

  Keim, Sarah A ^a,b,f   Branum, Amy M ^c,d   Klebanoff, Mark A ^a   Zemel, Babette S ^e  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MENARCHE; OBESITY; PARITY; PREPREGNANCY CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MENARCHE; MOTHERS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69549131443     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181b093ce     Document Type: Article

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