Progression through puberty in girls enrolled in a contemporary british cohort

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 282-289

  Christensen, Krista Y ^a   Maisonet, Mildred ^a,b   Rubin, Carol ^b   Holmes, Adrianne ^b   Flanders, W Dana ^a,b   Heron, Jon ^c   Ness, Andrew ^c   Drews Botsch, Carolyn ^a   Dominguez, Celia ^d   McGeehin, Michael A ^b   Marcus, Michele ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d Hawaii Center for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

ALSPAC; Probit; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ARTICLE; BREAST; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENARCHE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 77955918235     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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