Voice change as a new measure of male pubertal timing: A study among Bolivian adolescents

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 209-219

  Hodges Simeon, Carolyn R ^a   Gurven, Michael ^a   Cárdenas, Rodrigo A ^b   Gaulin, Steven J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Formant dispersion; Formants; Fundamental frequency; Peak height velocity; Pitch; Puberty; Voice

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; AGE STRUCTURE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATURATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BOLIVIA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PUBERTY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES; VOICE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BOLIVIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; PUBERTY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES; VOICE; YOUNG ADULT;

BOLIVIA;

EID: 84877693369     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2012.759622     Document Type: Article

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