Does vitamin D affect timing of menarche?

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 189-193

  Chew, Anna ^a   Harris, Susan S ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

25 hydroxyvitamin D; Menarche; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCITRIOL; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLOMBIA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MATURATION; MENARCHE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN INTAKE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84874506077     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nure.12015     Document Type: Review

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