Age at menarche among school girls in Sokoto, Northern Nigeria

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 103-107

  Tunau, K A ^a   Adamu, A N ^b   Hassan, M A ^a   Ahmed, Y ^a   Ekele, B A ^c  

^a USMANU DANFODIYO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Menarche; schoolgirls

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CALIBRATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GIRL; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MENARCHE; NIGERIA; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84859221413     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 09755764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.93533     Document Type: Article

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