Characterization of the Correlation Between Ages at Entry Into Breast and Pubic Hair Development

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 405-408

  Christensen, Krista Yorita ^a   Maisonet, Mildred ^a,b   Rubin, Carol ^b   Flanders, W Dana ^a,b   Drews Botsch, Carolyn ^a   Dominguez, Celia ^c   McGeehin, Michael A ^b   Marcus, Michele ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c Hawaii Center for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

ALSPAC; Maximum Likelihood Estimation; Puberty

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PUBERTY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77951274300     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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