Earlier onset of puberty in girls: Relation to increased body mass index and race

Pediatrics

Volumn 108, Issue 2 II, 2001, Pages 347-353

  Kaplowitz, Paul B ^a,f   Slora, Eric J ^b   Wasserman, Richard C ^b,c   Pedlow, Steven E ^d   Herman Giddens, Marcia E ^e  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ^*  (United States)

^f Box 980140 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Breast; Obesity; Puberty; Pubic hair

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HAIR GROWTH; HEREDITY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PEDIATRICS; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST; CHILD; COMOROS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OBESITY; PUBERTY; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0034890968     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.108.2.347     Document Type: Article

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