Splitting hairs

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 8-10

  Viner, R ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENARCHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENARCHE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PUBERTY;

EID: 0036461209     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.86.1.8     Document Type: Short Survey

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