Age at menarche of university students in Bangladesh: Secular trends and association with adult anthropometric measures and socio-demographic factors

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 677-687

  Hossain, Md Golam ^a   Islam, Saima ^b   Aik, Saw ^a   Zaman, Tunku Kamarul ^a   Lestrel, Pete E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MENARCHE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BANGLADESH; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MENARCHE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 77957257131     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932010000210     Document Type: Article

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