End of the Trend? A 12-year Study of Age at Menarche
- 4 August 1973
- Vol. 3 (5874) , 265-267
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.3.5874.265
Abstract
A 12-year study of menarchial age in all girls entering the University College of Swansea (1959-70) suggests that the downward trend in age at menarche has ceased in Britain. The turning point appears to have occurred in girls born about 1946.Keywords
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