The factors affecting the relation between the menarcheal age of mother and daughter

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 303-308

  Ersoy, Betul ^a,d   Balkan, C ^a   Gunay, T ^b   Egemen, A ^c  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Menarche; Menarcheal age

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MENARCHE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; MOTHERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 18044368624     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2005.00501.x     Document Type: Article

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