Secular trends in age at menarche among women born between 1955 and 1985 in Southeastern China

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lyu, Yanyu ^a,b,c   Mirea, Lucia ^c,d   Yang, Junmin ^c   Warre, Ruth ^c   Zhang, Jun ^e   Lee, Shoo K ^c,d   Li, Zhu ^b  

^a CAPITAL INSTITUTE OF PEDIATRICS   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

China; Epidemiology; Menarcheal age; Puberty; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HAN CHINESE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MIDDLE SCHOOL; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84928406326     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12905-014-0155-0     Document Type: Article

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