Predicting pubertal development by infantile and childhood height, BMI, and adiposity rebound

Pediatric Research

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 445-450

  German, Alina ^a   Shmoish, Michael ^b   Hochberg, Ze'ev ^b  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSITY REBOUND; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; GENERAL PATHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INFANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENARCHE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; INFANT; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENARCHE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBERTY; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84942931789     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pr.2015.129     Document Type: Article

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