Secular trend of puberty;Secular trend della pubertà

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 553-557

  Bona, G ^a   Castellino, N ^a   Petri, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age of menarche; Puberty; Secular trend

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; CALCULATION; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MENARCHE; PUBERTY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEXUAL MATURATION; SEXUAL MATURITY; STAGING; TANNER STAGING; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PUBERTY;

EID: 0036909765     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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