title: Age of onset of puberty in urban Argentinian children.
abstract: A cross-sectional study in La Plata city, Argentina yielded mean ages of onset of breast and pubic hair developments in 504 girls and of genitalia development in 498 boys of 10.8, 11.0 and 11.8 years respectively. These values are close to those reported previously for various other populations.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001118:Argentina; D001940:Breast / Q000254:growth & development; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005835:Genitalia / Q000254:growth & development; D006197:Hair / Q000254:growth & development; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011627:Puberty