Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 238-244 , March 2010

Update on Age at Menarche in Italy: Toward the Leveling Off of the Secular Trend

  • Franco Rigon, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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  • Luigi Bianchin, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, ULSS 16, Padua, Italy
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  • Sergio Bernasconi, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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  • Gianni Bona, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Novara, Novara, Italy
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  • Mauro Bozzola, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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  • Fabio Buzi, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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  • Alessandro Cicognani, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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  • Carlo De Sanctis, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Endocrinolgy Division, Regina Margherita Hospital, Turin, Italy
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  • Vincenzo De Sanctis, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Division, Ferrara Hospital, Ferrara, Italy
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  • Giorgio Radetti, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Division, Bolzano Hospital, Bolzano, Italy
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  • Luciano Tatò, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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  • Giorgio Tonini, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Centre of Pediatric Diabetology, Burlo Garofolo Hospital, Trieste, Italy
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  • Egle Perissinotto, Sc.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Egle Perissinotto, Sc.D., Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health of University of Padua, Via Loredan, 18, 35128 Padua, Italy.

Received 14 May 2009 ,Accepted 4 August 2009.

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PII: S1054-139X(09)00306-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.07.009

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 238-244 , March 2010