Secular trends in age at menarche in relation to body mass index;Tendência secular da idade da menarca avaliada em relação ao índice de massa corporal

Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia e Metabologia

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 195-200

  Castilho, Silvia Diez ^a   Pinheiro, Caroline Damasceno ^a   Bento, Caroline Agnelli ^a   Barros Filho, Antônio de Azevedo ^b   Cocetti, Monize ^c  

^a PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Menarche; Obesity; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENARCHE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 84862641102     PISSN: 00042730     EISSN: 16779487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27302012000300008     Document Type: Article

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