Age at spermarche: 15-year trend and its association with body mass index in Chinese school-aged boys

Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 369-374

  Song, Y ^a,b   Ma, J ^a   Wang, H J ^a   Wang, Z ^a,c   Lau, P W C ^d   Agardh, A ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

body mass index; puberty; spermarche

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHINA; CHINESE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; SPERMARCHE; TREND STUDY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84988977821     PISSN: 20476302     EISSN: 20476310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.12073     Document Type: Article

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