Maternal age of menarche and blood pressure in adolescence: Evidence from Hong Kong's "children of 1997" birth cohort

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Lai, Tsz Chun ^a   Leung, Gabriel Matthew ^a   Schooling, C Mary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MENARCHE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84980316421     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159855     Document Type: Article

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