Secular trend in age at menarche in indigenous and nonindigenous women in Chile

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 688-694

  Ossa, X M ^a   Munoz, S ^a   Amigo, H ^b   Bangdiwala, S I ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENARCHE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILE; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENARCHE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77957266136     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21068     Document Type: Article

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