Open AccessPrenatal and Infant Exposures and Age at Menarche
Author(s) -
Aimee A. D’Aloisio,
Lisa A. DeRoo,
Donna D. Baird,
Clarice R. Weinberg,
Dale P. Sandler
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.901
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1531-5487
pISSN - 1044-3983
DOI - 10.1097/ede.0b013e31828062b7
Subject(s) - menarche , medicine , pregnancy , obstetrics , relative risk , cohort study , demography , confidence interval , pediatrics , endocrinology , genetics , sociology , biology
Early menarche is related to increased risk of breast cancer. The number of established factors that contribute to early menarche is limited. We studied prenatal and infant exposures in relation to age at menarche in a nationwide cohort of women who have a family history of breast cancer.