The impact of the Wenchuan earthquake on early puberty: A natural experiment

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Volumn 2018, Issue 6, 2018, Pages

  Lian, Qiguo ^a   Zuo, Xiayun ^a   Mao, Yanyan ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Luo, Shan ^b   Zhang, Shucheng ^c   Lou, Chaohua ^a,d   Tu, Xiaowen ^a,d   Zhou, Weijin ^a,d  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY PLANNING   (China)

^d SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Early Puberty; Natural disasters; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PUBERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH;

EID: 85049253132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5085     Document Type: Article

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