Menarcheal and pubertal development and determining factors among schoolgirls in Kumasi, Ghana

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 159-165

  Opare Addo, P M ^a   Stowe, M ^a   Ankobea Kokroe, F ^b   Zheng, T ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Development; Ghana; Girls; Menarche; Pubertal development

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; MENARCHE; MOTHER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MENARCHE; OBESITY; PUBERTY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84856640102     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01443615.2011.638092     Document Type: Review

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