Early menarche and childhood adversities in a nationally representative sample

International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology

Volumn 2014, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Henrichs, Kimberly L ^a   McCauley, Heather L ^b,c   Miller, Elizabeth ^b,c   Styne, Dennis M ^d   Saito, Naomi ^d   Breslau, Joshua ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDHOOD ADVERSITY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENARCHE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921451014     PISSN: 16879848     EISSN: 16879856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1687-9856-2014-14     Document Type: Article

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