Study of pubertal development in Abruzzo (Italy) and analysis of factors implicated in puberty variability

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-120

  Mascaretti, G ^a,b   Di Berardino, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Menarche age; Puberty; Sexual maturation; Tanner scale; Thelarche

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AGE; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MENARCHE; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PUBERTY;

EID: 44349159081     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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