Menarche and Assessment of Body Mass Index in Adolescent Girls

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 393-397

  Himes, John H ^a   Park, Kyong ^a   Styne, Dennis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL MATURATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MENARCHE; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 69249209944     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.03.036     Document Type: Article

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