Early age at menarche associated with cardiovascular disease and mortality

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4953-4960

  Lakshman, Rajalakshmi ^a   Forouhi, Nita G ^a   Sharp, Stephen J ^a   Luben, Robert ^a   Bingham, Sheila A ^c   Khaw, Kay Tee ^a   Wareham, Nicholas J ^a   Ong, Ken K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC Centre for Nutritional Epidemiology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MENARCHE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; STROKE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 73249115154     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-1789     Document Type: Article

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