Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 47, Issue 3 , Pages 282-289 , September 2010

Progression Through Puberty in Girls Enrolled in a Contemporary British Cohort

  • Krista Y. Christensen, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Krista Y. Christensen, Ph.D., Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322.
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  • Mildred Maisonet, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
    • National Center for Environmental health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
    • ,
  • Carol Rubin, D.V.M.

      Affiliations

    • National Center for Environmental health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
    • ,
  • Adrianne Holmes, M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • National Center for Environmental health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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  • W. Dana Flanders, M.D., D.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
    • National Center for Environmental health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
    • ,
  • Jon Heron, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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  • Andrew Ness, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Carolyn Drews-Botsch, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
    • ,
  • Celia Dominguez, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Hawaii Center for Reproductive Medicine, IVF Centers of Excellence, Honolulu, Hawaii
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  • Michael A. McGeehin, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • National Center for Environmental health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
    • ,
  • Michele Marcus, M.P.H., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
    • National Center for Environmental health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Received 7 October 2009 ,Accepted 2 February 2010.

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PII: S1054-139X(10)00101-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.02.005

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 47, Issue 3 , Pages 282-289 , September 2010

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