Trend towards earlier menarche in London, Oslo, Copenhagen, The Netherlands and Hungary

Nature

Volumn 243, Issue 5402, 1973, Pages 95-96

  Tanner, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANATOMY; MENARCHE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; LONDON; MENARCHE; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY;

EID: 0015791907     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/243095a0     Document Type: Article

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