A halt in the secular trend towards earlier menarche in Denmark

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 198-200

  Helm, Peter ^a,b   Grønlund, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Maturation; Menarche; Secular trend

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENARCHE; NORMAL HUMAN; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0031909550     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/j.1600-0412.1998.770213.x     Document Type: Article

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