Timing of maturation and predictors of Tanner stage transitions in boys enrolled in a contemporary British cohort

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-87

  Monteilh, Carolyn ^a   Kieszak, Stephanie ^a   Flanders, W Dana ^a,b   Maisonet, Mildred ^a,b   Rubin, Carol ^a   Holmes, Adrianne K ^a   Heron, Jon ^c   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)

Author keywords

ALSPAC; childhood growth; maternal age; maternal gestational diabetes; puberty; Tanner stages

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION; TANNER STAGE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PUBERTY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650087186     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2010.01168.x     Document Type: Article

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