African-American/white differences in the age of menarche: Accounting for the difference

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1263-1270

  Reagan, Patricia B ^a   Salsberry, Pamela J ^a   Fang, Muriel Z ^a   Gardner, William P ^b   Pajer, Kathleen ^b,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Childhood BMI; Girls; Instrumental variables; Menarche; Race disparities; USA

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BODY MASS; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; RACIAL DISPARITY; WEIGHT;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MENARCHE; POVERTY; PREPREGNANCY CARE; PREPUBERTY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENARCHE; POVERTY; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864319558     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.05.018     Document Type: Article

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