Physical growth, sexual maturation, body image and sickle cell disease

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 10-14

  Cepeda, Manuel L ^a   Allen, Felecia H ^b   Cepeda, Nicholas J ^b   Yang, Yih Ming ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Body image; Sexual maturation; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; FEMALE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0033643542     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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