Determinants of age at menarche in the UK: Analyses from the breakthrough generations study

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1760-1764

  Morris, D H ^a   Jones, M E ^a   Schoemaker, M J ^a   Ashworth, A ^a   Swerdlow, A J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diet; epidemiology; exercise; growth; menarche; puberty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER RISK; ETHNICITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MENARCHE; PREECLAMPSIA; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIBLING; TALL STATURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 78650199522     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605978     Document Type: Article

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