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Age at menarche and its relationship to body mass index among adolescent girls in Kuwait

BACKGROUND: Despite the increasing rates of childhood obesity and rapid change in socio-economic status, the mean age at menarche remains mostly unknown among contemporary girls in Kuwait and other countries in the Gulf region. This study aimed to estimate the mean age at menarche among schoolgirls...

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Autores principales: Al-Awadhi, Nora, Al-Kandari, Nouf, Al-Hasan, Teebah, AlMurjan, Daliah, Ali, Salhah, Al-Taiar, Abdullah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3552970/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23311596
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-29