Self-assessment of pubertal stage in overweight children

Pediatrics

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 743-747

  Bonat, Sandra ^a   Pathomvanich, Annatura ^a   Keil, Rgaret F ^a   Field, Alison E ^b   Yanovski, Jack A ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Development; Lipomastia; Maturation; Puberty; Tanner stage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATURATION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RELIABILITY; SELF EVALUATION;

BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PUBERTY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0036791076     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.110.4.743     Document Type: Article

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