Height-based indices of pubertal timing in male adolescents

International Journal of Developmental Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 105-116

  Khairullah, Ammar ^a   May, Margaret T ^b   Tilling, Kate ^b   Howe, Laura D ^b   Leonard, Gabriel ^c   Perron, Michel ^d,e   Richer, Louis ^d   Veillette, Suzanne ^d,e   Pausova, Zdenka ^f   Paus, Tomáš ^a  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^e ECOBES Recherche et transfert   (Canada)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

ALSPAC; height; Males; pubertal timing; Saguenay Youth Study; testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888603182     PISSN: 2192001X     EISSN: 21917485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/DEV-1312120     Document Type: Article

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