Influence of socioeconomic status and body mass index on bone age

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-135

  Chaumoitre, K ^a,b   Lamtali, S ^c   Baali, A ^c   Saliba Serre, B ^b   Lahmam, A ^c   Aboussad, A ^d   Boetsch G ^b   Panuel, M ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^d CHU Mohammed VI   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Bone age; Children and adolescents; Skeletal maturation; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AGE; BONE MATURATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HAND BONES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOROCCO; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954783329     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000313371     Document Type: Article

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