Vitamin D deficiency and age at menarche: A prospective study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1020-1025

  Villamor, Eduardo ^a,c   Marin, Constanza ^b   Mora Plazas, Mercedes ^b   Baylin, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; COLOMBIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MENARCHE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D 2; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CALCIFEDIOL; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENARCHE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 80053195326     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.111.018168     Document Type: Article

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