The impact of the sexual maturation stage on body mass index in adolescent girls

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 315-321

  Yalci̧n, S Songül ^a   Kinik, Erol ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Body mass index; Tanner breast stage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBERTY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEXUAL MATURATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PUBERTY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEXUAL MATURATION; TURKEY;

EID: 0033156274     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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