Maturational timing and overweight prevalence in US adolescent girls

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 642-644

  Adair, L S ^a   Gordon Larsen, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035089180     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.91.4.642     Document Type: Article

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