Long-term secular trends in the age at menarche in israel: A systematic literature review and pooled analysis

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 266-271

  Flash Luzzatti, Shira ^a,b   Weil, Clara ^a   Shalev, Varda ^a,b   Oron, Tal ^c   Chodick, Gabriel ^a,b  

^a MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Epidemiology; Menarche; Puberty; Secular trends

Indexed keywords

AGE; BIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MENARCHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADOLESCENT; AGE AT MENARCHE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; ISRAELI; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL MATURATION; TREND STUDY; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; ONSET AGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBERTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MENARCHE; PUBERTY;

EID: 84901614209     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000357444     Document Type: Review

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