Low digit ratio predicts early age at menarche in colombian schoolgirls

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 448-455

  Oberg, Anna S ^a   Villamor, Eduardo ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Cohort studies; Digit ratio; Menarche

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGIT RATIO; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; MENARCHE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENARCHE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84864835195     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2012.01310.x     Document Type: Article

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