Secular trends in menarcheal age among Ghanaian women in Accra

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 550-554

  Adanu, R M K ^a,c   Hill, A G ^b   Seffah, J D ^a   Darko, R ^c   Anarfi, J K ^c   Duda, R B ^d  

^a Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology ^*  (Ghana)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33749039661     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610600811425     Document Type: Article

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