Ethnic differences in the presence of secondary sex characteristics and menarche among US girls: The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994

Pediatrics

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 752-757

  Wu, Tiejian ^a   Mendola, Pauline ^b   Buck, Germaine M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Menarche; Puberty; Race; Secondary sex characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENARCHE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MENARCHE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036791149     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.110.4.752     Document Type: Article

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