Variation in the age at menarche of the Assamese and Bengali girls of Guwahati, Assam

Anthropologist

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 259-264

  Deb, Roumi ^a  

^a AMITY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Environmental; Guwahati; Kayastha; Multifactorial; Socio economic

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952149797     PISSN: 09720073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09720073.2009.11891113     Document Type: Article

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