Puberty begins with a characteristic subcutaneous body fat mass in each sex

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 203-208

  Vizmanos, B ^a   Marti Henneberg C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b Institute of Legal Medicine Forensic Toxicology Service Faculty of Medicine   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATURATION; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; AGING; ARM; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PUBERTY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TESTIS;

EID: 0343340380     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600920     Document Type: Article

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