Blood lead levels and sexual maturation in U.S. girls: the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994 - Children's Health

Environmental Health Perspectives, May, 2003 by Tiejian Wu, Germaine M. Buck, Pauline Mendola

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