Role of prenatal characteristics and early growth on pubertal attainment of british girls

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Maisonet, Mildred ^a,b   Christensen, Krista Yorita ^b   Rubin, Carol ^a   Holmes, Adrianne ^a   Dana Flanders, W ^a,b   Heron, Jon ^c   Ong, Ken K ^d   Golding, Jean ^c   McGeehin, Michael A ^a   Marcus, Michele ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF METABOLIC SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ALSPAC; Obesity; Postnatal growth; Puberty; Tanner stages

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HAIR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENARCHE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SMOKING; SURVIVAL; WEIGHT GAIN; AGE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; GROWTH; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PUBERTY;

EID: 77956295616     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-2636     Document Type: Article

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