Childhood Environment Influences Adrenarcheal Timing among First-Generation Bangladeshi Migrant Girls to the UK

Lauren C. Houghton; Gillian D. Cooper; Mark Booth; Osul A. Chowdhury; Rebecca Troisi; Regina G. Ziegler; Hormuzd A. Katki; Robert N. Hoover; Gillian R. Bentley

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0109200

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Childhood Environment Influences Adrenarcheal Timing among First-Generation Bangladeshi Migrant Girls to the UK

Lauren C. Houghton ,

* E-mail: houghtonlc@mail.nih.gov

Affiliations Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Anthropology and Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
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Gillian D. Cooper,

Affiliation Department of Anthropology and Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
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Mark Booth,

Affiliation School for Medicine, Pharmacy and Health, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
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Osul A. Chowdhury,

Affiliation Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College, Sylhet, Bangladesh
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Rebecca Troisi,

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Regina G. Ziegler,

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Hormuzd A. Katki,

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Robert N. Hoover,

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Gillian R. Bentley

Affiliation Department of Anthropology and Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
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Childhood Environment Influences Adrenarcheal Timing among First-Generation Bangladeshi Migrant Girls to the UK

Lauren C. Houghton,
Gillian D. Cooper,
Mark Booth,
Osul A. Chowdhury,
Rebecca Troisi,
Regina G. Ziegler,
Hormuzd A. Katki,
Robert N. Hoover,
Gillian R. Bentley

Published: October 13, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0109200

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