Association of a chronic stress biomarker with advanced development of breast and testicular volume

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 171, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 596-598

  Sun, Ying ^a,b   Xu, Yuan Yuan ^a,b   Hu, Jing Jing ^a   Tao, Fang Biao ^a,b  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ANHUI PROVINCIAL KEY LABORATORY OF POPULATION HEALTH AND ARISTOGENICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCORTISONE;

BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHRONIC STRESS; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LETTER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCALP HAIR; SCHOOL CHILD; TESTICLE VOLUME; TESTIS; BREAST; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAIR; METABOLISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGAN SIZE; SCALP;

BIOMARKERS; BREAST; CHILD; HAIR; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SCALP; TESTIS;

EID: 85020708428     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2017.0038     Document Type: Letter

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