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Sexual behaviour of grade eleven students in Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-82).This study deals with sexual behaviour of adolescents in a rural area of South Africa. The primary objective is to explore the sexual behaviour of rural adolescents, specifically with regard to the first
Antwi-Anyimadu, Kofi
core  

The Relationships between Maturation, Physical Activity and Objectified Body Consciousness in the Sample of Adolescents

open access: yesBaltic Journal of Sport and Health Sciences, 2018
Research background and hypothesis. Although trends of decline in physical activity during adolescence are determined by most authors, the association of biological maturation with physical activity has not been commonly studied. It is thought that the
Kristina Visagurskienė   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sexual maturation of Greek boys

open access: yesAnnals of Human Biology, 2002
Sexual maturation is dependent on genetic and environmental factors, therefore each ethnic group has to have its own normative data.This study describes the sexual maturation of Greek boys.We examined cross-sectionally 1266 healthy boys, aged 8-16 years. Pubertal staging in each boy was assessed according to Tanner's classification.
A, Papadimitriou   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Ovarian Sex Cord Stromal Tumors in Children and Adolescents—The European Standard Clinical Practice Recommendations

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As part of the European Cooperative Study Group for Paediatric Rare Tumours initiative, we developed standard clinical practice guidelines for ovarian sex cord stromal tumors, based on comprehensive national and international cohort analyses, literature review, and a final expert consensus conference.
Dominik T. Schneider   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Young adults' sexual strategies and mating displays in the virtual world: an evolutionary perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Includes bibliographical references.Life History Theory (LHT) predicts that natural selection favours a degree of developmental plasticity when it comes to sexual strategies and mating displays.
Swanepoel, Tarah
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Playing safe: Assessing the risk of sexual abuse to elite child athletes [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
Young athletes frequently suffer from being seen as athletes first and children second. This has consequences for their legal, civil and human rights as children (Kelly et al., 1995) and for the way in which sport organisations choose to intervene on ...
Brackenridge, CH, Kirby, S
core   +1 more source

Correlation of Sexual Maturation with Skeletal Age of Southern Chinese Girls

open access: yesAustralasian Orthodontic Journal, 1997
The correlation of skeletal maturation with the chronological ages of the onset of f our secondary sexual characteristics (menarche, appearance of pubic hair and axillary hair, and breast development) was studied in a group of 117 Southern Chinese girls ...
So Lisa L.Y.
doaj   +1 more source

Phase Angle as an Early Functional Biomarker of Cancer‐Related Fatigue in Pediatric Oncology: A Prospective Longitudinal Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric cancer remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, particularly in low‐and middle‐income countries. Cancer treatment may impair nutritional status, alter body composition, and exacerbate cancer‐related fatigue (CRF).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Junior   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evo-devo of human adolescence: beyond disease models of early puberty [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Despite substantial heritability in pubertal development, much variation remains to be explained, leaving room for the influence of environmental factors to adjust its phenotypic trajectory in the service of fitness goals.
Belsky, Jay   +4 more
core   +1 more source

A Population‐Based Study on Childhood Aplastic Anemia—Incidence, Outcomes, and Health‐Related Quality of Life

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Childhood aplastic anemia (AA) is a rare disease, and both the disease itself and its treatment cause significant morbidity. We aimed to determine the contemporary incidence of childhood AA in Finland, to compare the clinical characteristics of AA against inherited bone marrow failure syndromes (IBMFS) and refractory cytopenia of ...
Lauri‐Matti Kulmala   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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