Longitudinal Development of Secondary Sexual Characteristics in Girls and Boys Between Ages 9½ and 15½ Years
Author(s) -
Elizabeth J. Susman,
Renate Houts,
Laurence Steinberg,
Jay Belsky,
Elizabeth Cauffman,
Ganie DeHart,
Sarah L. Friedman,
Glenn I. Roisman,
Bonnie HalpernFelsher
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3628
pISSN - 1072-4710
DOI - 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.261
Subject(s) - pubic hair , breast development , sex organ , secondary sex characteristic , sexual maturity , disorders of sex development , medicine , biology , endocrinology , anatomy , hormone , genetics
To identify ages when adolescents were in sexual maturity stages 2 through 5; to explain the relations between breast (girls), genital (boys), and pubic hair (girls and boys) development between ages 9(1/2) and 15(1/2) years; and to evaluate synchrony of pubertal development across characteristics.
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