Professor Gillian Bentley's Outputs (4)

Don’t Blame the BAME: Ethnic and Structural Inequalities in Susceptibilities to COVID-19 (2020)
Journal Article
Bentley, G. (2020). Don’t Blame the BAME: Ethnic and Structural Inequalities in Susceptibilities to COVID-19. American Journal of Human Biology, 32(5), https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23478

This article has been written from the UK, using British terminology to refer to ethnic minorities where BAME (Black, Asian, minority ethnic groups) is a commonly used and recognized acronym. In the United Kingdom, Asian also generally refers to mino... Read More about Don’t Blame the BAME: Ethnic and Structural Inequalities in Susceptibilities to COVID-19.

Unravelling the role of epigenetics in reproductive adaptations to early-life environment (2020)
Journal Article
Melamed, P., Bar-Sadeh, B., Rudnizky, S., Pnueli, L., Bentley, G., Stoger, R., & Kaplan, A. (2020). Unravelling the role of epigenetics in reproductive adaptations to early-life environment. Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 16, 519-533. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41574-020-0370-8

Reproductive function adjusts in response to environmental conditions in order to optimize success. In humans, this plasticity includes age of pubertal onset, hormone levels and age at menopause. These reproductive characteristics vary across populat... Read More about Unravelling the role of epigenetics in reproductive adaptations to early-life environment.

The timing of adrenarche in Maya girls, Merida, Mexico (2020)
Journal Article
Keestra, S. M., Bentley, G. R., Núñez-de la Mora, A., Houghton, L. C., Wilson, H., Vázquez-Vázquez, A., Cooper, G. D., Dickinson, F., Griffiths, P., Bogin, B. A., & Varela-Silva, M. I. (2021). The timing of adrenarche in Maya girls, Merida, Mexico. American Journal of Human Biology, 33(2), Article e23465. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23465

Aims: To investigate adrenarcheal age among Maya girls and its association with body composition and dietary variables. We hypothesized adrenarche would occur earlier given the current dual burden of nutrition in Mexico. Materials and Methods: 25 May... Read More about The timing of adrenarche in Maya girls, Merida, Mexico.

Assessing Endogenous and Exogenous Hormone Exposures and Breast Development in a Migrant Study of Bangladeshi and British Girls (2020)
Journal Article
Howland, R., Deziel, N., Bentley, G., Booth, M., Choudhury, O., Hofmann, J., Hoover, R., Katki, H., Trabert, B., Fox, S., Troisi, R., & Houghton, L. (2020). Assessing Endogenous and Exogenous Hormone Exposures and Breast Development in a Migrant Study of Bangladeshi and British Girls. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(4), Article 1185. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17041185

Timing of breast development (or thelarche) and its endogenous and exogenous determinants may underlie global variation in breast cancer incidence. The study objectives were to characterize endogenous estrogen levels and bisphenol A (BPA) exposure us... Read More about Assessing Endogenous and Exogenous Hormone Exposures and Breast Development in a Migrant Study of Bangladeshi and British Girls.