Putting menarche and girls into the global population health agenda

Reproductive Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Sommer, Marni ^a   Sutherland, Carla ^b   Chandra Mouli, Venkatraman ^c  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b Independent Consultant Unit B   (South Africa)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Menarche; Population health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; CLERGY; CONTRACEPTION; CONVERSATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; NOTE; PARENT; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TEACHER; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 84927562729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12978-015-0009-8     Document Type: Note

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