Ethnic and sex differences in skeletal maturation among the Birth to Twenty cohort in South Africa

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 138-143

  Cole, Tim J ^a   Rousham, Emily K ^b   Hawley, Nicola L ^c,d   Cameron, Noel ^b,d   Norris, Shane A ^d   Pettifor, John M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; BONE MATURATION; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; ULNA; ADOLESCENT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAND BONE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; WRIST; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GROWTH CHARTS; HAND BONES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; WRIST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921506882     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-306399     Document Type: Article

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