Influence of perinatal factors on the onset of puberty in boys and girls: Implications for interpretation of link with risk of long term diseases

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 150, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 747-755

  Persson, Ingemar ^a   Ahlsson, Fredrik ^a   Ewald, Uwe ^b   Tuvemo, Torsten ^b   Qingyuan, Meng ^c   Von Rosen, Dietrich ^c   Proos, Lemm ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Confounding factors (epidemiology); Gestational age; Growth; Menarche; Perinatal care; Puberty; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENARCHE; NEWBORN; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY TOXEMIA; PREMATURITY; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBERTY; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0033215002     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010077     Document Type: Article

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