Confirmation of delayed menarche based on regression evaluation of age at menarche for age at MPV of height in female ball game players

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-54

  Fujii, Katsunori ^a   Demura, Shinichi ^b  

^a AICHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ball game players; Delay in menarche; Maximum peak velocity (MPV); Regression analysis; Wavelet

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATURATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENARCHE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VELOCITY; WAVELET INTERPOLATION METHOD;

EID: 14544274248     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1265/ehpm.10.48     Document Type: Article

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