Age at menarche: 50-year socioeconomic trends among US-born black and white women

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 388-397

  Krieger, Nancy ^a   Kiang, Mathew V ^a   Kosheleva, Anna ^a   Waterman, Pamela D ^a   Chen, Jarvis T ^a   Beckfield, Jason ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; CAUCASIAN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921889103     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301936     Document Type: Article

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