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VARIABILITY in the rate of skeletal maturation in samples of children (using the Tanner–Whitehouse1,2 bone-specific approach) has recently been reported3,4. From samples of clinically normal North American (Philadelphia) Negro and White children I have obtained further information on this topic.
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MALINA, R. Skeletal Maturation Rate in North American Negro and White Children. Nature 223, 1075 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/2231075a0
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