Lessons from large population studies on timing and tempo of puberty (secular trends and relation to body size): The European trend

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 254-255, Issue , 2006, Pages 8-12

  Ong, Ken K ^a,b   Ahmed, M Lynn ^b   Dunger, David B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood growth; Childhood maturation; Pubertal maturation; Secular trends

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CHILDHOOD; DENMARK; ETHNOLOGY; GENITAL SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH; HUMAN; INFANCY; MATURATION; MENARCHE; NORWAY; NUTRITION; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PERINATAL PERIOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; PUBERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BODY SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MENARCHE; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 33745909453     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2006.04.018     Document Type: Article

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