Concordant and discordant sexual maturation among U.S. children in relation to body weight and BMI

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 356-362

  Schubert, Christine M ^a,d   Chumlea, William Cameron ^a   Kulin, Howard E ^b   Lee, Peter A ^b   Himes, John H ^c   Sun, Shumei S ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Concordance; NHANES III; Sexual maturation; Tanner stages

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; HAIR GROWTH; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL MATURATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 26844518500     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.03.009     Document Type: Article

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