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Anthropometry and Menarcheal Status of Adolescent Nigerian Urban Senior Secondary School Girls

BACKGROUND: Age at menarche is a significant indicator of growth and sexual maturation in girls. During adolescence, anthropometry provides a tool for monitoring and evaluating the hormone-mediated changes in growth and reproductive maturation. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to examine the anthropometric stat...

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Autores principales: Onyiriuka, Alphonsus Ndidi, Egbagbe, Eruke Elizabeth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kowsar 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3693660/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23825976
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ijem.8052