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Community Participation for Girls and Women Living with Rett Syndrome by Andrews, J., Leonard, H., Hammond, G., Girdler, Sonya, Rajapaksa, R., Bathgate, Katherine, Downs, J.

“…Univariate and multivariate logistic regression were used to analyse relationships between impairment, personal and environmental factors and community participation.RESULTS: The mean age of the girls and women was 17.6 years (SD=7.95, range 3 to 34 years) with 114 (53.3%) girls still at school and 100 (46.7%) women post school. …”
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What are the perceptions of perfectionism is a Girls' Boarding house by George, Charlotte

“…My research aims to explore the perceptions of perfectionism among girls in Year 10 and 11, from the same boarding house. …”
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Smoking-related knowledge, attitude and perception among young girls by Mohamad Noor, Zaswiza, Kaur, Swinder Jit, Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki

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The effects of health promotion on girls' and young women's health behaviours by Mitchell, Helen, Shoebridge, Andrea, Howat, Peter, Cross, Donna, O'Farrell, I.

“…These were Year 7 girls (Children - 11-12 years), Year 10 girls (Adolescents - 14-15 years) and young adults (18-25 years). …”
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The effects of health promotion on girls' and young womens' health behaviours by Mitchell, Helen

“…These were Year 7 girls (Children - 11-12 years), Year 10 girls (Adolescents - 14-15 years) and young adults (18-25 years). …”
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Experience of Menarche Among Jordanian Adolescent Girls: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis by Al Omari, Omar, Abdel Razeq, N., Fooladi, M.

“…Study Objective: Menarche is a significant physical and emotional experience for adolescent girls, especially in certain cultures, where it is viewed as a rite of passage, affecting the meaning of lived experiences. …”
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Girls’ ‘pain memes’ on youtube: The production of pain and femininity on a digital network by Dobson, Amy

“…Research conducted on the representation and discussion of self-harm and suicide online is of some use in helping us understand the meaning and function of pain meme videos.…”
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Influence of socio-cultural values on girl-child education in Yobe State, Nigeria by Ibrahim, Aisha Ningi

“…Major findings were presented as themes and the reasons for their involvement in street hawking includes means of exposure to future husbands,peer group socialization,to accrue income for their wedding xpenses, to maintain their bodily aesthetic needs, and to augment the family income for ustainability.Challenges facing the girl-child while hawking includes exposure to all forms of abuse,lack of safety, and being left behind in basic literacy. …”
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Effects of a home-based programme on physiological variables, physical activity, psychological distress and energy intake among undergraduate female students in Iraq by Noori, Jian Abdullah

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Management of menstrual disorder in adolescent girls with intellectual disabilities: a blessing or a curse? by Abu Ishak, Nurkhairulnisa, Kah, Teik Chew, Zainuddin, Ani Amelia, Lim, Pei Shan, Shafie, Mohd Nassir, Kampan, Nirmala, Wan Ismail, Wan Salwina, Grover, Sonia, Abdul Ghani, Nur Azurah

“…The mean age of girls with intellectual disabilities was 12.28 ± 2.78 years, and the mean menarcheal age was 11.12 ± 1.76 years. …”
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Dietary fructose in relation to blood pressure and serum uric acid in adolescent boys and girls by Bobridge, K., Haines, G., Mori, T., Beilin, L., Oddy, W., Sherriff, Jillian, O'Sullivan, T.

“…In multivariate linear regression models, we did not see a significant association between fructose and blood pressure in boys or girls. In boys, fructose intake was independently associated with serum uric acid (P<0.01), and serum uric acid was independently associated with systolic blood pressure (P<0.01) and mean arterial pressure (P<0.001). …”
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Longitudinal assessment of circulating insulin-like peptide 3 levels in healthy peripubertal girls by Hagen, Casper P., Mieritz, Mikkel G., Nielsen, John E., Anand-Ivell, Ravinder, Ivell, Richard, Juul, Anders

“…Patient(s): Healthy peripubertal girls (n¼10) examined every 6 months; total number of examinations was 84; median (range) per girl:9 (4–10), including staging of pubertal breast development and blood samples. …”
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Thyroid autoimmunity and autoimmune thyroid disease in Malaysian girls with Turner syndrome: an understudied population by Lee, Yee L, Zaini, Azriyanti A, Idris, Arini N, Abdullah, Raja A, Wong, Jeanne SL, Hong, Joyce SS, Hussain, Suhaimi, Lim, Poi G, Lim, Song H, Nor, Noor SM, Wu, Loo L, Jalaludin, Muhammad Y

“…Results: Ninety-seven TS patients with a mean age of 13.4 ± 4.8 years were recruited. Thyroid autoimmunity was found in 43.8% of TS patients. …”
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Respectable white ladies, wayward girls, and telephone thieves in Miami’s “Case of the Clinking Brassieres” by Miller, Vivien

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Impacts of girls' education empowerment programme on the economic well-being of Katsina Rural Society, Nigeria by Abdullahi, Ibrahim

“…Girls Education Empowerment Programme (GEEP) was introduced in 2007 in Rural Katsina to empower poor girl through education in order to increase the economic wellbeing of her family. …”
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Relationship between vitamin D status, body composition and physical exercise of adolescent girls in Beijing by Leng, Huat Foo, Q., Zhang, K., Zhu, G., Ma, A., Trube, H., Greenfield, D. R., Fraser

“…Methods We performed a cross-sectional analysis of 323 Chinese adolescent girls in Beijing in winter. Mean age of the subjects was 15.0 (±0.4) years. …”
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Growth and Bone Mineral Accretion During Puberty in Chinese Girls: A Five-Year Longitudinal Study by Kun, Zhu, Heather, Greenfield, Qian, Zhang, Xueqin, Du, Guansheng, Ma, Leng, Huat Foo, Chris, T Cowell, David, R. Fraser

“…This 5-yr longitudinal study showed that, in Chinese girls, the mean apparent calcium retention efficiency during puberty was 40.9%, PHV occurred at 3–0 yr before menarche, and peak bone mineral accretion occurred 1 yr later than PHV. …”
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Dysmenorrhoea and its effects on school activities among adolescent girls in a rural school in Selangor, Malaysia by I Liliwati, LKM Verna, O Khairani

“…The number of school and class absences increased with increasing severity of dysmenorrhoea (p<0.05). The mean pain score was significantly higher in girls who reported to be unable to participate in sports (p=0.008) and with poor concentration in class (p<0.05). …”
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The association between dietary protein intake and bone mass accretion in pubertal girls with low calcium intakes by Qian, Zhang, Guansheng, Ma, Heather, Greenfield, Kun, Zhu, Xueqin, Du, Leng, Huat Foo, Xiaoqi, Hu, David, R. Fraser

“…To assess the association between protein intakes and bone mass accrual in girls, data were analysed for 757 pre-pubertal girls (mean age 10·1 years) in urban Beijing, China, who participated in a 5-year study including 2 years of milk supplementation (intervention groups only) and 3 years of follow-up study. …”
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Factors Contributing to Disordered Eating Behaviours and At-Risk of Eating Disorders among Adolescent Girls in Kelantan, Malaysia by Soo, Kah Leng

“…This study was undertaken to examine the relationships between disordered eating attitudes and behaviours with personal factors (biological, psychological and cognitive) and socio-environmental factors (parental socioeconomic status and influence of mother, peer and media) in general population of adolescent girls. A cross-sectional study was carried out among 489 secondary school girls aged 15 – 17 years (mean age = 16.2 ± 0.5 years) in Kelantan. …”
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