Adolescent growth spurts in female gymnasts

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 239-244

  Thomis, Martine ^a   Claessens, Albrecht L ^a   Lefevre, Johan ^a   Philippaerts, Renaat ^a   Beunen, Gaston P ^a   Malina, Robert M ^a  

^a Box 140 ^*

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BODY HEIGHT; BONE AGE; FEMALE; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG LENGTH; MEDICAL RECORD; MENARCHE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SITTING; STANDING; TRAINING;

EID: 13444291969     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2004.09.026     Document Type: Article

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