Association of maternal and intrauterine characteristics with age at menarche in a multiethnic population in Hawaii

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 259-268

  Epplein, Meira ^a,e   Novotny, Rachel ^a,b,c   Daida, Yihe ^b,c   Vijayadeva, Vinutha ^a,b   Onaka, Alvin T ^d   Marchand, Loïc Le ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Hormones; Menarche; Mothers

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BIRTH; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MENARCHE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NAUSEA; POLYNESIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HAWAII; HUMANS; MENARCHE; POLYNESIA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77950692039     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-009-9457-1     Document Type: Article

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