Childhood socioeconomic position and pubertal onset in a cohort of multiethnic girls: Implications for breast cancer

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 1714-1721

  Hiatt, Robert A ^a,b   Stewart, Susan L ^c   Hoeft, Kristin S ^a   Kushi, Lawrence H ^d   Windham, Gayle C ^e   Biro, Frank M ^f   Pinney, Susan M ^g   Wolff, Mary S ^h   Teitelbaum, Susan L ^h   Braithwaite, Dejana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENARCHE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FAMILY INCOME; FEMALE; HAIR GROWTH; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADOLESCENT; AGE; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBERTY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBERTY; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85036623754     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-17-0496     Document Type: Article

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