Timing of puberty and secular trend in human maturation

Puberty: Physiology and Abnormalities

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 121-136

  Papadimitriou, Anastasios ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Menarche; Onset of puberty; Pubertal maturation; Puberty; Secular trend; Spermarche

Indexed keywords

EID: 85049236668     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-32122-6_9     Document Type: Chapter

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