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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |