Lactational amenorrhoea in well-nourished Toba women of Formosa, Argentina

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 573-595

  Valeggia, Claudia ^a   Ellison, Peter T ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMENORRHEA; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIET; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LACTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVARY FUNCTION; PARAMETER; PROGESTERONE URINE LEVEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARGENTINA; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; LACTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 4243050535     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932003006382     Document Type: Article

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