Age of pubertal events in Chilean school age girls and its relationship with socioeconomic status and body mass index;Cronología del desarrollo puberal en niñas escolares de Santiago: Relación con nivel socio-económico e índice de masa corporal

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 132, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 801-808

  Codner D, Ethel ^c   Unanue M, Nancy ^a   Gaete V, Ximena ^a   Barrera P, Alvaro ^a   Mook Kanamori, Dennis ^b   Bazaes C, Rodrigo ^a   Avila A, Alejandra ^a   Cassorla G, Fernando ^a  

^a Enfermera Universitaria ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c IDIMI   (Chile)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Menarche; Puberty; Sex maturation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MENARCHE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PALPATION; PREDICTION; PUBERTY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST; CHILD; CHILE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MENARCHE; PUBERTY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 11244273608     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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