Socioeconomic status and age at menarche: An examination of multiple indicators in an ethnically diverse cohort

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 727-733

  Deardorff, Julianna ^a   Abrams, Barbara ^a   Ekwaru, John Paul ^a   Rehkopf, David H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Ethnic groups; Menarche; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MENARCHE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ETHNOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTHER; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENARCHE; MOTHERS; OVERWEIGHT; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84926408385     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2014.07.002     Document Type: Article

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