Growth patterns in early childhood and the onset of menarche before age twelve;Padrões de crescimento na infância precoce e ocorrência de menarca antes de doze anos de idade

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 249-260

  Martínez, Jeovany ^a   Araújo, Cora ^a   Horta, Bernardo Lessa ^a   Gigante, Denise Petrucci ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescent development; Body weights and measures; Child development; Cohort studies; Height by age; Height by weight; Menarche; Puberty; Risk factors; Sexual maturation; Weight by age

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954005070     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102010000200004     Document Type: Article

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