The age of puberty determines sexual dimorphism in bone structure: A male/female co-twin control study

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1638-1643

  Iuliano Burns, Sandra ^a,b   Hopper, John ^a   Seeman, Ego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BONE STRUCTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS; BLOOD; BONE; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LEG; MENARCHE; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

SEX HORMONE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GROWTH; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MENARCHE; PUBERTY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 66149112870     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2008-1522     Document Type: Article

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