A comparative analysis of estimation of age at menarche by various methods in women participating in the Krakow longitudinal growth study, Poland

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 146-148

  Zarów, Ryszard ^a   Cichocka, Barbara A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENARCHE; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBIT AGE; PROSPECTIVE ACTUAL AGE; RECORDING; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE AGE; RETROSPECTIVE CORRECTED AGE;

DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENARCHE; POLAND;

EID: 41149147621     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20701     Document Type: Article

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