The influence of climate on age at menarche: Augmented with the influence of ancestry

HOMO- Journal of Comparative Human Biology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 328-336

  Sohn, Kitae ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; CALORIC INTAKE; CLIMATE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MALAYSIA; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA; TROPIC CLIMATE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CLIMATE; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MALAYSIA; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84979697109     PISSN: 0018442X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchb.2016.06.001     Document Type: Article

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