Obesity in children and adolescents: Relationship to growth, pubarche, menarche, and voice break

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 125-130

  Kleber, Michaela ^a   Schwarz, Alexandra ^a   Reinehr, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

birth weight; height; maturation; obesity; pubertal development.

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENARCHE; OBESITY; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; VOICE CHANGE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MENARCHE; OBESITY; PUBERTY; SEX FACTORS; VOICE;

EID: 79955510223     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2011.089     Document Type: Article

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