Leisure physical activity and age at menarche

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 1991, Pages 1170-1175

  Moisan, Jocelyne ^a   Meyer, Francois ^a   Gingras, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Anthropometry; Cohort study; Exercise; Menarche

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MENARCHE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MENARCHE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0026058717     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/00005768-199110000-00010     Document Type: Article

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