The study design and methodology for the ARCHER study - adolescent rural cohort study of hormones, health, education, environments and relationships

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Steinbeck, Katharine ^a   Hazell, Philip ^b   Cumming, Robert G ^c   Skinner, S R ^d   Ivers, Rebecca ^c   Booy, Robert ^a   Fulcher, Greg ^a   Handelsman, David J ^a   Martin, Andrew J ^a   Morgan, Geoff ^a   Starling, Jean ^d   Bauman, Adrian ^c   Rawsthorne, Margot L ^a   Bennett, David L ^d   Chow, Chin M ^a   Lam, Mary K ^a   Kelly, Patrick ^c   Brown, Ngiare J ^e   Paxton, Karen ^a   Hawke, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Adolescent and Family Mental Health Services Hospital Rd Concord West   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Behaviour; Cohort studies; Hormones; Paediatrics; Protocol; Puberty; Public health; Rural health; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RISK; ROLE PLAYING; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; URINALYSIS; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENT; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBERTY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84865635878     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-143     Document Type: Article

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