Reliability of pubertal self-assessment in Hong Kong Chinese children

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 353-358

  Chan, Noel P T ^a   Sung, Rita Y T ^a   Kong, Alice P S ^a   Goggins, William B ^a   So, Hung K ^a   Nelson, E Anthony S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Hong Kong Chinese children; Sexual maturation; Tanner pubertal line drawing self assessment questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAIR GROWTH; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF EVALUATION; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 43549095519     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2008.01311.x     Document Type: Article

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