Secular change in age at menarche in rural Oaxaca, southern Mexico: 1968-2000

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 634-646

  Malina, R M ^a,b,e   Pena Reyes M E ^c   Swee, Kheng Tan ^d   Little, B B ^a  

^a TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGÍA E HISTORIA   (Mexico)

^d DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

^e Box 140 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; AGE; RURAL POPULATION; SECULAR VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENARCHE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENARCHE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; OAXACA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11444257028     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460400018085     Document Type: Article

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