Interpreting the Continued Decline in the Average Age at Menarche: Results from Two Nationally Representative Surveys of U.S. Girls Studied 10 Years Apart
- 1 December 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in The Journal of Pediatrics
- Vol. 147 (6) , 753-760
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2005.07.016
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