Age at menarche in contemporary Greek girls: Evidence for levelling-off of the secular trend

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 812-815

  Papadimitriou, Anastasios ^a   Fytanidis, Grigorios ^a   Douros, Konstandinos ^a   Bakoula, Chryssa ^a   Nicolaidou, Polyxeni ^a   Fretzayas, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Age at menarche; Greek girls; Obesity; Secular trend

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GREECE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MENARCHE; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPORTING EVENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 43249117885     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.00806.x     Document Type: Article

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