Influence of socioeconomic factors on age at menarche of Polish girls

Anthropologischer Anzeiger

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 455-470

  Szwed, Anita ^a   John, Aleksandra ^a   Czapla, Zbigniew ^a   Kosińska, Magdalena ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANTHROPOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Classification and regression trees; Menarcheal age; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MENARCHE; POLAND; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MENARCHE; POLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84892843572     PISSN: 00035548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-5548/2013/0338     Document Type: Article

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