The importance of memory bias in obtaining age of menarche by recall method in Brazilian adolescents;Importância do viés de memória na obtenção da idade da menarca pelo método recordatório em adolescentes brasileiras

Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia e Metabologia

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 394-397

  Castilho, Silvia Diez ^a   Nucci, Luciana Bertoldi ^a   Assuino, Samanta Ramos ^a   Hansen, Lucca Ortolan ^a  

^a PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Bias; Menarche

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENARCHE; RECALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; MENTAL RECALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84902577974     PISSN: 00042730     EISSN: 16779487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0004-2730000003080     Document Type: Article

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