Anthropometry and body composition do not predict bioavailable androgen or progesterone concentration in adolescent girls

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 639-653

  Bond, Lea J ^a   Vella, Emily T ^a   Kiparissis, Yiannis ^a   Wynne Edwards, Katherine E ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; PRASTERONE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENARCHE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SALIVA LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; STANDARDIZATION; STEROID METABOLISM; STEROIDOGENESIS; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ANDROGENS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGESTERONE; SALIVA;

EID: 33748752799     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20534     Document Type: Article

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