Association between age at menarche and early-life nutritional status in rural Bangladesh

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 223-237

  Bosch, Alinda M ^a   Willekens, Frans J ^a   Baqui, Abdullah H ^b,c   Van Ginneken, Jeroen K S ^a   Hutter, Inge ^d  

^a NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ICDDR B Centre for Health and Population Research   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY SIZE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; LIFE TABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PREDICTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RURAL POPULATION; STUNTING SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENARCHE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38349091378     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932007002490     Document Type: Article

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