Age at menarche and affecting bio-social factors among the girls of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Journal of Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 221-223

  Khatoon, Tabassum ^a   Verma, Anoop Kumar ^a   Kumari, Reema ^a   Rupani, Raja ^a   Singh, Mousami ^a   Rizvi, Andleeb ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Mean age at menarche; Menarche; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859067861     PISSN: 09710973     EISSN: 09740848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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