Association of age at menarche with adult leg length and trunk height: Speculations in relation to breast cancer risk

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 76-85

  Osuch, Janet R ^a   Karmaus, Wilfried ^b   Hoekman, Peter ^a   Mudd, Lanay ^a   Zhang, Jie ^b   Haan, Pam ^a   Mikucki, Dorota ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer risk; Height; Menarche

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; HEIGHT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEG; MENARCHE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LINEAR MODELS; MENARCHE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 72449187504     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460903213845     Document Type: Article

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