Journal article
Age at menarche in French Canadian urban girls
Abstract
In 1969–1970, a random sample of 1002 girls aged 10·5 to 15·0 from different socio-economic strata were interviewed in Montreal schools. The mean age at menarche of these urban girls was 13·08±0·04 years (S.D. 1·10) from probit analysis. French Canadian girls today commence menarche at about the same age as British girls and about 8 months earlier than Montreal girls three decades ago. Contrary to findings in most other populations (with a …
Authors
Jenicek M; Demirjian A
Journal
Annals of Human Biology, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 339–346
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
January 1974
DOI
10.1080/03014467400000361
ISSN
0301-4460