Pubertal height gain: Male-female and interpopulation comparisons

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 759-761

  Spencer, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; GROWTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; MALE; PUBERTY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0036905603     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(02)00326-2     Document Type: Article

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