Navigating the Recent Articles on Girls' Puberty in Pediatrics: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go from Here?

Pediatrics

Volumn 113, Issue 4 I, 2004, Pages 911-917

  Herman Giddens, Marcia E ^b,c   Kaplowitz, Paul B ^a,d   Wasserman, Richard ^e,f  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b N Carolina Child Advocacy Institute   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BREAST; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENARCHE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PUBERTY; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; REFERENCE VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842429476     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.113.4.911     Document Type: Review

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