A comparison of pubertal maturity and growth

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 341-347

  Gasser, Theo ^a   Molinari, Luciano ^b   Largo, Remo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bone age; Linear growth; Pubertal development; Pubertal growth spurt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CHRONOLOGY; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; MATURATION; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BREAST; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAIR; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL MATURATION; SWITZERLAND; TESTIS;

ADOLESCENT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BREAST; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH CHARTS; HAIR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SEXUAL MATURATION; SWITZERLAND; TESTIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880208941     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2013.801510     Document Type: Article

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