Measurement of pubertal status with a Chinese self-report Pubertal Development Scale

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 466-473

  Chan, Noel P T ^a   Sung, Rita Y T ^a   Nelson, E Anthony S ^a   So, Hung K ^a   Tse, Yee K ^b   Kong, Alice P S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Hong Kong Chinese; Pubertal Development Scale; Sexual maturation; Tanner pubertal assessment questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEXUAL MATURATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 77954933948     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-009-0481-2     Document Type: Article

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