Short-term secular change in height, body mass and Tanner-Whitehouse 3 skeletal maturity of Madeira youth, Portugal

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 195-205

  Freitas, Duarte ^a,b   Malina, Robert M ^c,d   Maia, José ^e   Lefevre, Johan ^f   Stasinopoulos, Mikis ^g   Gouveia, Élvio ^b   Claessens, Albrecht ^f   Thomis, Martine ^f   Lausen, Berthold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone age; skeletal maturation; Tanner Whitehouse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; BODY MASS; CHILD; HEALTH SURVEY; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; MATURATION; SKELETON; TREND ANALYSIS; WEIGHT; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CARPAL BONE; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTUGAL; RADIUS; REFERENCE VALUE; SAMPLE SIZE; TIME; ULNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AND BONES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CARPAL BONES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PORTUGAL; RADIUS; REFERENCE VALUES; SAMPLE SIZE; TIME FACTORS; ULNA;

MADEIRA; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84861417025     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2012.674155     Document Type: Article

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