Premature thelarche in infants and toddlers: Prevalence, natural history and environmental determinants

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 338-341

  Curfman, Alison L ^a   Reljanovic, Sophia M ^a   McNelis, Kera M ^a   Dong, Tina T ^a   Lewis, Steven A ^b   Jackson, Leila W ^a   Cromer, Barbara A ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Early puberty; Endocrine disruptors; Premature thelarche

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PEDIATRICS; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; PREVALENCE; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 81255210695     PISSN: 10833188     EISSN: 18734332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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