The timing of normal puberty and the age limits of sexual precocity: variations around the world, secular trends, and changes after migration.

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Published in Endocr Rev on October 01, 2003

Authors

Anne-Simone Parent1, Grete Teilmann, Anders Juul, Niels E Skakkebaek, Jorma Toppari, Jean-Pierre Bourguignon

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Ambulatory Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium.

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