Body mass index and timing of pubertal initiation in boys

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-144

  Lee, Joyce M ^a   Kaciroti, Niko ^a   Appugliese, Danielle ^c   Corwyn, Robert F ^d   Bradley, Robert H ^e   Lumeng, Julie C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBERTY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 75849157575     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.258     Document Type: Article

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