Age at voice break in Danish boys: Effects of pre-pubertal body mass index and secular trend

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 537-542

  Juul, Anders ^a   Magnusdottir, Steinunn ^a   Scheike, Thomas ^b   Prytz, Sven ^c   Skakkebæk, Niels E ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

BMI; Puberty; Tread analysis; Voice break

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY MASS; DENMARK; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VOICE CHANGE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PUBERTY; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 36248969638     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2007.00751.x     Document Type: Article

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