Secular Trends in Age at Menarche, Smoking, and Oral Contraceptive Use Among Israeli Girls

Secular Trends in Age at Menarche, Smoking, and Oral Contraceptive Use Among Israeli Girls

Introduction The improved nutrition and socioeconomic status of the population in industrialized countries has resulted in a decrease in the mean age at menarche. This trend raises the question of whether cigarette smoking and the use of oral contraceptives, health behaviors often adopted during ad...

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Main Authors: Ran D. Balicer, MD, Nadav Davidovitch, MD, MPH, Itamar Grotto, MD, MPH, Michael Huerta, MD, MPH, Gabriel Chodick, PhD, MHA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-03-01
Series:Preventing Chronic Disease
Subjects:
menarche
smoking
teenage girls
oral contraceptive use
Israel
public health
chronic disease prevention
genomics
Online Access:http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2005/apr/04_0063.htm

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