MARC Record from Ithaca College Library

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100 1 $aSteingraber, Sandra.
245 14 $aThe falling age of puberty in U.S. girls :$bwhat we know, what we need to know /$cby Sandra Steingraber.
260 $a[San Francisco, Calif.] :$bBreast Cancer Fund,$c[2007]
300 $a72 p. :$bill. ;$c28 cm.
500 $aCover title.
530 $aAlso available via the World Wide Web: http://www.breastcancerfund.org/atf/cf/%7BDE68F7B2-5F6A-4B57-9794-AFE5D27A3CFF%7D/The%20Falling%20Age%20of%20Puberty%20report.pdf
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (64-72).
505 0 $aBreast Cancer Fund introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Dedication -- Preface -- Executive summary -- Glossary of terms -- Introduction -- Part I: Why are we worried about early puberty in girls? -- Part II: Pubertal time trends in girls in the United States and around the world -- Part III: How the timing of puberty is controlled -- Part IV: Insights from evolutionary biology -- Part V: Possible causes of early puberty (A. Low birth weight and premature birth ; B. Obesity and weight gain ; C. Formula feeding ; D. Physical inactivity ; E. Psychosocial stressors ; F. Television viewing and media use ; G. Environmental exposures) -- Part VI: Conclusions and recommendations -- Literature cited.
545 $aAuthor is a visiting scholar at Ithaca College.
650 0 $aPuberty$zUnited States$vStatistics.
650 0 $aPrecocious puberty$zUnited States$vStatistics.
650 0 $aMenarche$zUnited States.
650 0 $aChild development$zUnited States.
655 7 $aIthaca College authors.
710 2 $aBreast Cancer Fund.
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