Adult height and menarcheal age of young women in Greece

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-59

  Georgiadis, E ^a   Mantzoros, C S ^a   Evagelopoulou, C ^a,b   Spentzos, D ^a  

^a 401 Military Hospital   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; FEMALE; GREECE; GROWTH; HUMAN; MENARCHE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GREECE; GROWTH; HUMANS; MENARCHE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030640767     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014469700004772     Document Type: Article

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