Influences on the onset and tempo of puberty in human beings and implications for adolescent psychological development

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 250-261

  Lee, Yvonne ^a   Styne, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Influences on temp of puberty; Secular trends in puberty

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; DIOXIN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENDOSULFAN; HALIDE; LEAD; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GROWTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MENARCHE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC DEVELOPMENT; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SEXUAL MATURATION; STRESS;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; INFLUENCES ON TEMP OF PUBERTY; SECULAR TRENDS IN PUBERTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PUBERTY; SEXUAL MATURATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84883338879     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.03.014     Document Type: Review

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