Characteristics of pubertal development in a multi-ethnic population of nine-year-old girls

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 179-187

  Britton, Julie A ^a   Wolff, Mary S ^a   Lapinski, Robert ^a   Forman, Joel ^a   Hochman, Sarah ^b   Kabat, Geoffrey C ^c   Godbold, James ^a   Larson, Signe ^a   Berkowitz, Gertrud S ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body Size Characteristics; Cross sectional; Diet; Menarche; Physical Activity; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HAIR GROWTH; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENARCHE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRIENT; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SITTING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 1342324119     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2002.08.001     Document Type: Article

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