Age at menarche and the evidence for a positive secular trend in urban South Africa

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 130-132

  Jones, Laura L ^a   Griffiths, Paula L ^a,b   Norris, Shane A ^b   Pettifor, John M ^b   Cameron, Noël ^a,b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENARCHE; NEGRO; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SECULARISM; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; TREND STUDY; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENARCHE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 59549094171     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20836     Document Type: Article

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