Socioeconomic status, race, and girls' pubertal maturation: Results from the project on human development in Chicago neighborhoods

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 443-464

  Obeidallah, Dawn A ^a   Brennan, Robert T ^b   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^c   Kindlon, Daniel ^a   Earls, Felton ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0034557850     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/SJRA1004_04     Document Type: Article

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