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The Timing of Normal Puberty and the Age Limits of Sexual Precocity: Variations around the World, Secular Trends, and Changes after Migration

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Parent, Anne-Simone, Teilmann, Grete, Juul, Anders, Skakkebaek, Niels E., Toppari, Jorma, Bourguignon, Jean-Pierre·2003·Endocrine Reviews
DOI 10.1210/er.2002-0019
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During the past decade, possible advancement in timing of puberty has been reported in the United States. In addition, early pubertal development and an increased incidence of sexual precocity have been noticed in children, primarily girls, migrating for foreign adoption in several Western European countries. These observations are raising the issues of current differences and secular trends in timing of puberty in relation to ethnic, geographical, and socioeconomic background. None of these factors provide an unequivocal explanation for the earlier onset of puberty seen in the United States. In the formerly deprived migrating children, refeeding and catch-up growth may prime maturation. However, precocious puberty is seen also in some nondeprived migrating children. Attention has been paid to the changing milieu after migration, and recently, the possible role of endocrine- disrupting chemicals from the environment has been considered. These observations urge further study of the onset of puberty as a possible sensitive and early marker of the interactions between environmental conditions and genetic susceptibility that can influence physiological and pathological processes.

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Authors
Parent, A.-S., Teilmann, G., Juul, A., Skakkebaek, N. E., Toppari, J., & Bourguignon, J.-P.
Affiliations
  • University of Liège (BE)
  • Copenhagen University Hospital (DK)
  • Department of Growth and Reproduction (G.T., A.J., N.E.S.), Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
  • University of Turku (FI)
Corresponding author
Bourguignon, Jean-Pierre
ORCID
Venue
Endocrine Reviews
Publisher
The Endocrine Society
Published
2003-10-01
Volume
24
Issue
5
Pages
668-693
ISSN
  • 0163-769X (ISSN-L)
  • 1945-7189
DOI
10.1210/er.2002-0019
OpenAlex
W2153589742
Cited by
1,762
References
277
Citations by year
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FWCI
7.22
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Endocrine Reviews (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (publishedVersion)
  • ORBi (University of Liège) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • European Commission
  • Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Human Health and Disease
Keywords
timing of puberty, precocious puberty, secular trends, migration, international adoption, catch-up growth, refeeding, ethnic differences, socioeconomic factors, endocrine disruptors, environmental factors, genetic susceptibility, pubertal development
MeSH terms
Age Factors, Child, Climate, Developing Countries, Emigration and Immigration, Female, Humans, Male, Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Puberty, Puberty, Precocious, Stress, Physiological, Photoperiod

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