Determinants of relative skeletal maturity in South African children

Bone

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 259-264

  Hawley, Nicola L ^a   Rousham, Emily K ^b   Johnson, William ^c   Norris, Shane A ^d   Pettifor, John M ^d   Cameron, Noël ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bone age; Skeletal maturity; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AGE; BONE MATURATION; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHRONOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICAN;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; BONE AND BONES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SKELETON; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 81455161624     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2011.10.029     Document Type: Article

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