Assessing pubertal status in multi-ethnic primary schoolchildren

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2015, Pages e45-e48

  Lum, Sooky ^a   Bountziouka, Vassiliki ^a   Harding, Seeromanie ^b   Wade, Angie ^a   Lee, Simon ^a   Stocks, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; BLACK PERSON; CHILD; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT SURVEY; SOUTH ASIAN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; PARENT; SELF REPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; PARENTS; PUBERTY; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84920153137     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apa.12850     Document Type: Short Survey

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