Secular Trends in Age at Menarche, Smoking, and Oral Contraceptive Use Among Israeli Girls

• Main Authors: Ran D. Balicer, MD (Author), Nadav Davidovitch, MD, MPH (Author), Itamar Grotto, MD, MPH (Author), Michael Huerta, MD, MPH (Author), Gabriel Chodick, PhD, MHA (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction The improved nutrition and socioeconomic status of the population in industrialized countries has resulted in a decrease in the mean age at menarche. This trend raises the question of whether cigarette smoking and the use of oral contraceptives, health behaviors often adopted during ado...