Impact of timing of pubertal maturation on growth in black and white female adolescents: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Growth and Health Study

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 636-643

  Biro, Frank M ^a,b,c,d,e,f   McMahon, Robert P ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Striegel Moore, Ruth ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Crawford, Patricia B ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Obarzanek, Eva ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Morrison, John A ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Barton, Bruce A ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Falkner, Frank ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MARYLAND PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f MARYLAND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATURATION; MENARCHE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SKINFOLD; WEIGHT;

EID: 0035022880     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpd.2001.114476     Document Type: Article

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