Family experience and pubertal development in evolutionary perspective

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 425-426

  Belsky, Jay ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FAMILY STRESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FAMILY; HUMANS; PUBERTY;

EID: 79955001059     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.03.001     Document Type: Editorial

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