Age at menarche in Greek girls

Anastasios Papadimitriou, E. GOUSIA, E. PITAOULI, Georgia Tapaki, P. Philippidis

Annals of Human Biology · 1999 · 34 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

This study reports menarcheal age in 1134 contemporary Greek girls and the duration of their menstrual cycle. Comparison with a similar study performed 15 years ago shows that in Greek girls there is still a secular trend, although a small one, towards earlier menarcheal age.