Characterization of pubertal development of girls in rural Bangladesh.

This study aimed to describe the timing and patterns of pubertal maturation of girls living in rural Bangladesh. Starting in September 2015, a total of 15,320 girls from a birth cohort, aged 9 to 15 years at initial encounter, were visited twice at about a one year interval, typically in their birth...

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Main Authors: Jinhee Hur, Kerry J Schulze, Andrew L Thorne-Lyman, Lee S-F Wu, Saijuddin Shaikh, Hasmot Ali, Alain B Labrique, Keith P West
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247762