Age at Menarche: A Misunderstanding

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 17 Jul 1981 English Publisher:American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)Journal:Science, volume 213, pages 365-366 (issn: 0036-8075, eissn: 1095-9203,

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Authors: V L, Bullough;

doi: 10.1126/science.7017929

pmid: 7017929

Age at Menarche: A Misunderstanding

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Abstract

Through a misinterpretation of historical data, the age of menarche in the 19th century is erroneously taken to have been 17 years. This error has resulted in unwarranted beliefs about change in female sexual maturation in the United States.

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Buffalo State College
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Keywords

Adolescent, Age Factors, History, 19th Century, History, 20th Century, History, Medieval, United States, Menstruation, England, Humans, Female, History of Medicine, Child

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