title: The relationship of puberty to other maturity indicators and body composition in man.
abstract: The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between sexual development and other maturational processes in children. The word "puberty" is used as a general term to include the development of the secondary sex characters and the attainment of reproductive competence.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000365:Age Determination by Skeleton; D000367:Age Factors; D001823:Body Composition; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008572:Menarche; D011627:Puberty; D012727:Sex Characteristics