Early puberty is associated with mental health problems in middle adolescence

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1055-1064

  Kaltiala Heino, Riittakerttu ^a,b   Marttunen, Mauri ^c   Rantanen, Päivi ^b   Rimpelä, Matti ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Epidemiology; Externalising symptoms; Finland; Internalising symptoms; Pubertal timing

Indexed keywords

MENTAL HEALTH;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BULIMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; PUBERTY; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS;

EID: 0038715044     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00480-X     Document Type: Article

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