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Age at Menarche and Time Spent in Education: A Mendelian Randomization Study.
Behavior genetics - 1 Sept 2017
Gill D, Del Greco M F, Rawson T M, Sivakumaran P, Brown A, Sheehan N A, Minelli C
Abstract excerpt
Menarche signifies the primary event in female puberty and is associated with changes in self-identity. It is not clear whether earlier puberty causes girls to spend less time in education. Observational studies on this topic are likely to be affected by confounding environmental factors. The Mendelian randomization (MR) approach addresses these issues by using genetic variants (such as single nucleotide...
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