The Null Relation between Father Absence and Earlier Menarche

Human Nature

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 407-422

  Sohn, Kitae ^a,b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Evolution; Father absence; Indonesia; Menarche

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INDONESIA; INDONESIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED WOMAN; POWER ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; ADULT; AGED; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; PATERNAL DEPRIVATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85027192199     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-017-9299-6     Document Type: Article

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