Puberty in modernizing Kazakhstan: A comparison of rural and urban children

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-64

  Facchini, Fiorenzo ^a   Fiori, Giovanni ^b   Bedogni, Giorgio ^b,c   Galletti, Livia ^a   Ismagulov, Orazak ^d   Ismagulova, Ainagul ^d   Sharmanov, Turegeldy ^d   Tsoy, Igor ^d   Belcastro, Maria Giovanna ^a   Rizzoli, Sara ^b   Goldoni, Matteo ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b MediData Studi e Ricerche   (Italy)

^c Liver Research Center   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF IONOSPHERE   (Kazakhstan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Kazakhstan; Menarche; Puberty; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ACQUISITION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; MODERNIZATION; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KAZAKHSTAN; MALE; MENARCHE; PILOT STUDY; PUBERTY; RURAL POPULATION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL CHANGE; TIME; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KAZAKHSTAN; MALE; MENARCHE; PILOT PROJECTS; PUBERTY; RURAL POPULATION; RUSSIA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CHANGE; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; KAZAKHSTAN; WEST ASIA;

EID: 39349090778     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460701784567     Document Type: Article

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