Understanding Puberty and Its Measurement: Ideas for Research in a New Generation

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 82-95

  Mendle, Jane ^a   Beltz, Adriene M ^b   Carter, Rona ^b   Dorn, Lorah D ^c  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBERTY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PUBERTY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 85062856574     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: 15327795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jora.12371     Document Type: Article

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