Accuracy of short-term recall of age at menarche

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-64

  Koo, M M ^b   Rohan, T E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MENARCHE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENARCHE;

EID: 0030640768     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014469700004782     Document Type: Article

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