Diet throughout childhood and age at menarche in a contemporary cohort of British girls

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2052-2063

  Rogers, Imogen S ^a   Northstone, Kate ^b   Dunger, David B ^c   Cooper, Ashley R ^b   Ness, Andy R ^b   Emmett, Pauline M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Diet; Meat; Menarche; Protein

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; DIET; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEAT; MEDICAL RECORD; MENARCHE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN INTAKE; RISK; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; DIET RECORDS; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEAT; MENARCHE; ODDS RATIO; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS;

EID: 79251649931     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010001461     Document Type: Article

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