Food insecurity and age at menarche among adolescent girls in Jimma Zone Southwest Ethiopia: A longitudinal study

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Belachew, Tefera ^a,b   Hadley, Craig ^c   Lindstrom, David ^d   Getachew, Yehenew ^a   Duchateau, Luc ^b   Kolsteren, Patrick ^b,e  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOOD SECURITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CATERING SERVICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELAYED PUBERTY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; MALNUTRITION; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALNUTRITION; MENARCHE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PUBERTY, DELAYED; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 80052685372     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-9-125     Document Type: Article

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