Correlates of age at menarche among sixth grade students in Wisconsin

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 65-69

  Trentham Dietz, Amy ^a,b   Nichols, Hazel B ^a   Remington, Patrick L ^a,b   Yanke, Lucinda ^c   Hampton, John M ^a   Newcomb, Polly A ^a,d   Love, Richard R ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Reedsburg Area School District   (United States)

^d USA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MACRONUTRIENT; MEASUREMENT; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SPORT; STUDENT; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; MENARCHE; WISCONSIN;

EID: 31444453132     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: 10981861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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