Age at Menarche and Comparison of the Growth and Performance of Pre- and Post-Menarcheal Girls in China

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 205-212

  Ohsawa, Seiji ^a,c   Ji, Cheng Ye ^b   Kasai, Naomi ^a  

^a OTSUMA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^c Osaka Womens Univ   (Japan)

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EID: 0000236552     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6300(1997)9:2<205::aid-ajhb6>3.0.co;2-z     Document Type: Article

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