Comparative study of correlates of early age at menarche among Mexican and Egyptian adolescents

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 654-658

  Torres Mejía, Gabriela ^a   Cupul Uicab, Lea A ^a   Allen, Betania ^a   Galal, Osman ^b   Salazar Martínez, Eduardo ^a,c   Lazcano Ponce, Eduardo C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENARCHE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; MEXICO; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 28044434643     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20420     Document Type: Article

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