Accuracy of pubertal tanner staging self-reporting

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 213-221

  Desmangles, Jean Claude ^a   Lappe, Joan M ^b   Lipaczewski, Gina ^a   Haynatzki, Gleb ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pubertal development; Tanner stages

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDIATRICS; PREDICTION; PUBERTY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33645547717     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2006.19.3.213     Document Type: Article

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