Leg length and age of puberty among men and women from a developing population: The guangzhou biobank cohort study

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 683-687

  Schooling, C M ^a   Jiang, C Q ^b   Lam, T H ^a   Zhang, W S ^b   Adab, P ^c   Cheng, K K ^c   Leung, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Guangzhou Number 12 Hospital   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBERTY; RECALL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PUBERTY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77957284428     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21067     Document Type: Article

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