Menarcheal age among girls attending school in urban and rural Jamaica
Alleyne, S.I.; Grant, M.; Peart, B.B.; Satchell, A.; Williams, N.
West Indian Medical Journal 29(4): 254-260
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0043-3144 PMID: 7467281 Document Number: 161797
Data collected in 1978 on age a menarche among 1,148 schoolgirls in Jamaica are presented. Variations in age at menarche by rural or urban residence, socioeconomic status, and body weight are analyzed.
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