Looking back in time: Conducting a cohort study of the long-term effects of treatment of adolescent tall girls with synthetic hormones

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2011, Pages

  Bruinsma, Fiona J ^a   Rayner, Jo Anne ^a   Venn, Alison J ^b   Pyett, Priscilla ^c   Werther, George ^d  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COOPERATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAL RECORDS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 82255160669     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-S5-S7     Document Type: Article

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