Is soy intake related to age at onset of menarche? A cross-sectional study among adolescents with a wide range of soy food consumption

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Segovia Siapco, Gina ^a   Pribis, Peter ^b   Messina, Mark ^c   Oda, Keiji ^a   Sabaté, Joan ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ANDREWS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Nutrition Matters Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Age at menarche; Pubertal timing; Puberty; Seventh day Adventists; Soy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MENARCHE; ONSET AGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOYBEAN; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; SOY FOODS;

EID: 84902384679     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-13-54     Document Type: Article

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