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SHORT REPORT

Evidence for a downward secular trend in age of menarche in a rural Gambian population

Sarah PrenticeCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Antony J. Fulford MRC International Nutrition Group, Nutrition & Public Health Intervention Research Unit, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
,
Landing M. A. Jarjou MRC Keneba, PO Box 273, The Gambia
,
Gail R. Goldberg
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Ann Prentice
Pages 717-721 | Received 16 Oct 2009, Accepted 25 Nov 2009, Published online: 14 May 2010

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