Age at menarche and the menstrual pattern of secondary school adolescents in northwest Ethiopia

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 29-

  Zegeye, Desalegn T ^a   Megabiaw, Berihun ^a   Mulu, Abay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSMENORRHEA; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FRIEND; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MOTHER; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; TEACHER; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 70449504141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-9-29     Document Type: Article

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