Do mental health and behavioural problems of early menarche persist into late adolescence? A three year follow-up study among adolescent girls in Oslo, Norway

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 529-533

  Lien, Lars ^a   Haavet, Ole Rikard ^a   Dalgard, Florence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; BODY MASS; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOPKINS SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 10; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MENARCHE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NORWAY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

NORWAY; OSLO [NORWAY];

EID: 77954031168     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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