Relationships between age of puberty onset and height at age 18 years in girls and boys

World Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 230-238

  Yousefi, Mitra ^a   Karmaus, Wilfried ^a,d   Zhang, Hongmei ^a   Roberts, Graham ^b,c   Matthews, Sharon ^b   Clayton, Bernie ^b   Arshad, Syed Hasan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

height; puberty onset; respiratory health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENARCHE; ONSET AGE; PUBERTY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PUBERTY;

EID: 84882285954     PISSN: 17088569     EISSN: 18670687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-013-0399-z     Document Type: Article

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