Another Milepost on the Road to Understanding Puberty

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 525-526

  Dorn, Lorah D ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENARCHE; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; PUBERTY; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 56249122299     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.09.009     Document Type: Editorial

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