National estimates of the pubertal milestones among urban and rural chinese girls

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 279-284

  Sun, Ying ^a,b   Tao, Fang Biao ^a,b   Su, Pu Yu ^a,b   Mai, Jin Cheng ^c   Shi, Hui Jing ^d   Han, Yun Tao ^e   Wang, Hong ^f   Lou, Xiao Ming ^g   Han, Juan ^h   Liu, Jie ⁱ  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ANHUI PROVINCIAL KEY LABORATORY OF POPULATION HEALTH AND ARISTOGENICS   (China)

^c Guangzhou School Health Care Centers   (China)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

ⁱ Shenyang School Healthcare Centers   (China)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Breast; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHINESE; FEMALE; GIRL; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; MENARCHE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL MATURATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84865210579     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.12.019     Document Type: Article

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