Menarcheal age in two generations of South African Indians

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-119

  Cameron, N ^a   Nagdee, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INDIA; MENARCHE; MOTHER; NUCLEAR FAMILY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT EFFECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MENARCHE; MOTHERS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0030098645     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014469600004332     Document Type: Article

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