Age of onset, nutritional determinants, and seasonal variations in menarche in rural Bangladesh.
Menarche is an important milestone in the development of female adolescents. The study assessed the age at menarche using recall, its seasonality, and association with marital and nutritional status (using mid-upper arm circumference [MUAC]) among 3,923 female adolescents aged 12-19 years in a rural...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Health, Population & Nutrition Vol. 27; no. 6; pp. 802 - 808 |
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BioMed Central
Dec2009
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