Menarche, menopause, years of menstruation, and the incidence of osteoporosis: The influence of prenatal exposure to diethylstilbestrol

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 594-601

  Parker, Samantha E ^a   Troisi, Rebecca ^b   Wise, Lauren A ^a,e   Palmer, Julie R ^a,e   Titus Ernstoff, Linda ^c   Strohsnitter, William C ^d   Hatch, Elizabeth E ^e  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NORRIS COTTON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUATION; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84893786954     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2013-2954     Document Type: Article

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