Onset of breast and pubic hair development in 1231 preadolescent Lithuanian schoolgirls

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 932-936

  Zukauskaite S ^a   Lasiene D ^a   Lasas L ^a   Urbonaite, B ^a   Hindmarsh, P ^b  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENARCHE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITHUANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; PUBERTY; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 24144479493     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2004.057612     Document Type: Article

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