Infant growth and onset of puberty: Prospective observations from Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" birth cohort

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-50

  Hui, L L ^a   Wong, Man Yu ^b   Lam, Tai Hing ^a   Leung, Gabriel M ^a   Schooling, C Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Body Mass Index; Chinese; Infant Growth Trajectory; Puberty Onset; Sex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBERTY; UPREGULATION;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PUBERTY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 83055180640     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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