Socio-demographic predictors of age at menarche in a group of Colombian university women

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 245-257

  Chavarro, J ^a   Villamor, E ^a   Narvaez J ^b   Hoyos, A ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENARCHE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 1942519721     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460310001652239     Document Type: Article

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