Is there a secular trend in the menarcheal age of Indian girls? [2]

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 361-362

  Bhaskaran, Mythili ^a   Devi, Gayathri ^a  

^a STANLEY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; MENARCHE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MENARCHE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038373089     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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