Sexual Maturation in Thai Girls

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 557-564

  Piya Anant, Manee ^a   Suvanichchati, Sukanda ^a   Bharscharirl, Mayaru ^b   Jirochkul, Vanida ^a   Worapitaksanond, Suporn ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIOLOGY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH REPORT; SCHOOL AGE POPULATION--WOMEN; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; STUDIES; SURVEYS; THAILAND; TIME;

ASIA; BIOLOGY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SCHOOL AGE POPULATION--WOMEN; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; STUDIES; SURVEYS; THAILAND; TIME FACTORS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; THAILAND;

EID: 0031218664     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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