The relation of menarcheal age to anthropometric profiles in korean girls

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1405-1410

  Kim, Ji Yeong ^a   Oh, In Hwan ^a   Lee, Eun Young ^a   Oh, Chang Mo ^a   Choi, Kyung Sik ^a   Choe, Bong Keun ^a   Yoon, Tai Young ^a   Shin, Sung Hee ^a   Choi, Joong Myung ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body composition; Korea; Menarche

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENARCHE; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTH KOREA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 78449274398     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2010.25.10.1405     Document Type: Article

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