Nongenetic determinants of age at menarche: A systematic review

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Yermachenko, Anna ^a   Dvornyk, Volodymyr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDHOOD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FAMILY STRESS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFANCY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; MENTAL DISEASE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRENATAL PERIOD; PROTEIN INTAKE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SECULARISM; SEXUAL MATURATION; SEXUAL MATURITY; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT GAIN; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENETICS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84904104961     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/371583     Document Type: Article

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