Short stature in competitive prepubertal and early pubertal male gymnasts: The result of selection bias or intense training?

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 510-516

  Daly, Robin M ^a,b   Rich, Peter A ^a   Klein, Rudi ^a   Bass, Shona L ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LEG LENGTH; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT STATURE; TRAINING;

EID: 0033760305     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpd.2000.109004     Document Type: Article

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