Influence of the age at the start of pubertal growth on adult height;Influencia de la edad de inicio del brote de crecimiento puberal en la talla adulta

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 130, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 645-649

  Carrascosa, Antonio ^a,c   Audí, Laura ^a   Bosch Castañé, Joan ^a   Gussinyé, Miguel ^a   Yeste, Diego ^a   Albisu, María Ángeles ^a   Clemente, María ^a   Ferrández, Ángel ^b   Baguer, Luis ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adult height; Longitudinal study; Pubertal growth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDIATRICIAN; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 45249105982     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13120692     Document Type: Article

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