Age at menarche, schooling, and sexual debut in Northern Malawi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Glynn, Judith R ^a   Kayuni, Ndoliwe ^b   Floyd, Sian ^a   Banda, Emmanuel ^b   Francis Chizororo, Monica ^a,b   Tanton, Clare ^c   Molesworth, Anna ^a   Hemmings, Joanne ^a   Crampin, Amelia C ^a,b   French, Neil ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KARONGA PREVENTION STUDY   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALAWI; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENARCHE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PUBERTY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBERTY; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 78650086811     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015334     Document Type: Article

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