Age of menarche and its relationship with body mass index and socioeconomic status;Edad de la menarquia y su relación con el nivel socioeconó mico e índice de masa corporal

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 135, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1429-1436

  Hernández, M Isabel ^a   Unanue, Nancy ^a,b   Gaete, Ximena ^c   Cassorla, Fernando ^a   Codner D , Ethel ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b HOSPITAL SAN BORJA ARRIARÁN   (Chile)

^c HOSPITAL ROBERTO DEL RÍO   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Menarche; Social class

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MENARCHE; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MENARCHE; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 38349154898     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: 07176163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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