Psychosocial risk and correlates of early menarche in Mexican-American girls

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 173, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1203-1210

  Jean, Rosenie Thelus ^a,c   Wilkinson, Anna V ^b   Spitz, Margaret R ^a   Prokhorov, Alex ^a   Bondy, Melissa ^a   Forman, Michele R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Texas Austin Regional Campus   (United States)

^c Pharmacovigilance Center   (United States)

Author keywords

family cohesion; family conflict; menarche; Mexican Americans; single parenting; smoking; social support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; AGE AT MATURITY; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; METROPOLITAN AREA; SINGLE PARENT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MENARCHE; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENARCHE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOLOGY; SINGLE PARENT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS;

HOUSTON; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955763215     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq498     Document Type: Article

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