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Decline in menarcheal age among Saudi girls

Ibrahim A. Al Alwan, Areej A. Ibrahim, Motasim A. Badri, Mohammed S. Al Dubayee and Bassam S. Bin-Abbas
Saudi Medical Journal November 2015, 36 (11) 1324-1328; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.11.13604

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