Effects of different socioeconomic conditions on menarche in Turkish female students

Early Human Development

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-125

  Ersoy, B ^a   Balkan, C ^a   Gunay, T ^b   Onag, A ^a   Egemen, A ^c  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Menarche; Menarcheal age; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENARCHE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PARENT; SEASON; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN AREA;

EID: 1642456549     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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