A prospective study of childhood social hardships and age at menarche

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 731-737

  Boynton Jarrett, Renée ^a   Harville, Emily W ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adversity; Birth cohort; Child abuse; Hardship; Life course; Menarche; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENTAL STRESS; PATERNALISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MENARCHE; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84866610395     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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