Socioeconomic status and age at menarche in indigenous and non-indigenous Chilean adolescents;Nivel socioeconómico y edad de la menarquia en adolescentes chilenas indígenas y no indígenas

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 977-983

  Amigo, Hugo ^a   Vásquez, Sofía ^a   Bustos, Patricia ^a   Ortiz, Guillermo ^a   Lara, Macarena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Menarche; Social class; South american indians

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENARCHE; ONSET AGE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MENARCHE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84861855108     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-311X2012000500016     Document Type: Article

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