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Impact of Breastfeeding Duration on Age at Menarche

open access: yes, 2011
The study aims to assess the relation between breastfeeding duration and age at menarche. Analysis was based on a cohort of 994 Filipino girls born in 1983–1984 and followed up from infancy to adulthood by the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition ...
B. Al-Sahab   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Ovarian Cancer: Epidemiology, Disease Mechanisms, New Diagnosis and Treatment Strategies, and Research Directions

open access: yesiNew Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ovarian cancer (OC) continues to be the deadliest gynecological malignancy and a significant cause of cancer‐related mortality among women worldwide. Standard treatment strategies typically entail platinum‐based chemotherapy in conjunction with cytoreductive surgery.
Zunera Khalid   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Correlation between Body Mass Index and Age at Menarche

open access: yesAlthea Medical Journal, 2015
Background: The decline of age at menarche has been reported in several countries, it occurred because of genetic, ethnic, and socioeconomic improvement in nutritional status and environment.
Atika Primandina Putri   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The menarcheal age of Chinese girls

open access: yesAnnals of Human Biology, 1992
The menarcheal age of Chinese girls was analysed based on a national survey in 1985. A total of 162,902 girls, aged 7-22 years, of Han nationality and 34,232 girls, aged 7-18, of 27 minority nationalities were sampled. Data were further subdivided into urban and rural areas.
W S, Lin   +6 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Maternal Body Mass Index and Daughters’ Age at Menarche

open access: yes, 2009
The role of inter-generational influences on age at menarche has not been explored far beyond the association between mothers’ and daughters’ menarcheal ages.
Branum, Amy M.   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Positive Peer Group Affiliation, Puberty, and Social and Emotional Development: A Strength‐Based Approach

open access: yesJournal of Adolescence, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction During the pubertal transition, peer relationships become increasingly salient for adolescents' social and emotional development. However, research on peer contexts during this period has largely emphasized deviant peer groups, leaving the potential role of positive peer affiliations less understood.
Rona Carter, Joonyoung Park
wiley   +1 more source

Age at menarche among schoolgirls in Odense. Is age at menarche still decreasing in Denmark?

open access: yes, 1993
The average age at the menarche has decreased from the 1850s to the 1950s. It is controversial whether there has been a continued decrease since the 1950s. The object of this investigation is to illustrate whether this trend has continued into the 1980s.
Boldsen, J L   +4 more
core   +1 more source

The Age at Menarche in Assam and Burma [PDF]

open access: yesArchives of Disease in Childhood, 1961
Most of the reports from India on the age at menarche have been based on recollected ages of commencement of the periods and the accuracy of these is doubtful. Examples of such ages vary from 13.42 years (Israel, 1959) based on replies from 2,227 women from different parts of India to 14.88 years (Shah, 1958) based on questionnaire forms completed by 2,
openaire   +2 more sources

The Age At Menarche In Nigerian Adolescents From Two Different Socioeconomic Classes

open access: yes, 2008
Menarcheal age was studied in 900 girls, half of which were from middle class families and the other half from low income class families from the Niger delta region of Nigeria.
Zuleat Millicent Ofuya   +1 more
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