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Correlation of body mass index levels with menarche in adolescent girls in Shaanxi, China: a cross sectional study

BACKGROUND: Menarche is a milestone for adolescent girls. The timing of menarche is influenced by genetics, social status and nutritional status (e.g., height, weight and body mass index [BMI]) and impacts future health (e.g., obesity and breast cancer). There have been many studies on trends in age...

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Autores principales: Wang, Zhenjie, Dang, Shaonong, Xing, Yuan, Li, Qiang, Yan, Hong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5013571/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27599475
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12905-016-0340-4