Growth, body composition, and the onset of puberty: Longitudinal observations in afro-Caribbean children

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3194-3200

  Boyne, Michael S ^a   Thame, Minerva ^b   Osmond, Clive ^c   Fraser, Raphael A ^a   Gabay, Leslie ^b   Reid, Marvin ^a   Forrester, Terrence E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAMAICA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENARCHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TESTIS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; ADOLESCENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; IMPEDANCE; INFANT; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAMAICA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PUBERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 77954919345     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2010-0080     Document Type: Article

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