Pubertal development in Danish children: Comparison of recent European and US data

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 247-255

  Juul, A ^a,b,c   Teilmann, G ^a   Scheike, T ^a   Hertel, N T ^a   Holm, K ^a   Laursen, E M ^a   Main, K M ^a   Skakkebaek N E ^a   Hardy, K ^c   Leridon, H ^c   Aubert, M ^c   Herman Giddens, M E ^c   Ojeda, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Breast development; Denmark; Puberty; Secular trend; Testicular size

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENARCHE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS SIZE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENARCHE; PUBERTY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL MATURATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33645237909     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2005.00556.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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