Rural–urban variations in age at menarche, adult height, leg-length and abdominal adiposity in black South African women in transitioning South Africa

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ID13921814
AutoresRihlat Said‐mohamed (0000-0003-1592-5412, MRC/WITS Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, autor correspondente), Alessandra Prioreschi (0000-0002-6913-0706, MRC/WITS Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa), Lukhanyo H Nyati (0000-0003-0975-344X, MRC/WITS Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa), Alastair Van Heerden (0000-0003-2530-6885, MRC/WITS Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa), Richard J Munthali (0000-0001-8492-7409, MRC/WITS Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa), Kathleen Kahn (0000-0003-3339-3931, University of the Witwatersrand), Stephen Tollman (0000-0003-0744-7588, University of the Witwatersrand), Francesc Xavier Gómez-Olivé (0000-0002-4876-0848, University of the Witwatersrand), Brian Houle (0000-0003-2157-3118, University of the Witwatersrand), David B Dunger (0000-0002-2566-9304, MRC/WITS Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa), Shane A Norri (0000-0001-7124-3788, MRC/WITS Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa)
Ano2018
Volume45
Fascículo2
Páginas123-132
Data de publicação2018-02-17
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAnnals of Human Biology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0301-4460 • E-ISSN: 1464-5033
EditoraInforma (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03014460.2018.1442497
PMID29557678
OpenAlexW2789430127
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10
Referências citadas72

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