Cultural and ethnic barriers in conducting research. Factors influencing menarche in the United Arab Emirates

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1626-1630

  Badrinath, Padmanabhan ^a   Ghazal Aswad, Saad ^b   Parfitt, Daniel ^c   Osman, Nawal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c ROYAL GLAMORGAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INCOME; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENARCHE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL MATURATION; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VEGETARIAN;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; MENARCHE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 10644288587     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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