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Research Article

Menarcheal and pubertal development and determining factors among schoolgirls in Kumasi, Ghana

P. M. Opare-AddoDepartment of Occupational and Environmental MedicineCorrespondence[email protected]
,
M. StoweDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
,
F. Ankobea-KokroeDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Komfo Anokye Hospital/Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
&
T. ZhengSchool of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
Pages 159-165 | Published online: 02 Feb 2012

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