Ability of young women to recall past body size and age at menarche

Obesity Research

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 478-485

  Koprowski, Carol ^a,c   Coates, Ralph J ^b   Bernstein, Leslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age at menarche; Body size; Body weight; Height; Recall

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENARCHE; RECALL; SELF DISCLOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; MENTAL RECALL; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0035430880     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2001.62     Document Type: Article

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