Puberty, obesity and ethnicity

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 472-478

  Styne, Dennis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BODY MASS; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MENARCHE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENARCHE; OBESITY; PUBERTY;

EID: 8444249001     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2004.10.008     Document Type: Review

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