Earlier onset of puberty in girls: relation to increased body mass index and race.

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Published in Pediatrics on August 01, 2001

Authors

P B Kaplowitz1, E J Slora, R C Wasserman, S E Pedlow, M E Herman-Giddens

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pediatrics, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, USA. pkaplowitz@hsc.vcu.edu

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