Secular trends in age at menarche and time to establish regular menstrual cycling in Japanese women born between 1930 and 1985
Journal Title: BMC Women's Health - Year 2012, Vol 12, Issue
Abstract
Early life-stage exposure to estrogen increases the risk of breast cancer. The objective of this study was to investigate the age at menarche and time to onset of regular menstrual cycles for Japanese women born between 1930 and 1985.
Authors and Affiliations
Michie Hosokawa, Setsuko Imazeki, Hideki Mizunuma, Toshiro Kubota, Kunihiko Hayashi
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