The Impact of Socioeconomic Status across Early Life on Age at Menarche Among a Racially Diverse Population of Girls

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 836-842

  James Todd, Tamarra ^a   Tehranifar, Parisa ^b   Rich Edwards, Janet ^a,c   Titievsky, Lina ^b   Terry, Mary Beth ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Hispanic; Menarche; Socioeconomic status; Urban population

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957656491     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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