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Association of puberty timing with type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis

  • Tuck Seng Cheng ,

    Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

    * E-mail: tuckseng.cheng@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk

    Affiliation MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

    ORCID logo http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4442-7332

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  • Felix R. Day,

    Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

    Affiliation MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

    ORCID logo http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3789-7651

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  • Rajalakshmi Lakshman,

    Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

    Affiliation MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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  • Ken K. Ong

    Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

    Affiliations MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

    ORCID logo http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4689-7530

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Association of puberty timing with type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis

  • Tuck Seng Cheng, 
  • Felix R. Day, 
  • Rajalakshmi Lakshman, 
  • Ken K. Ong
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  • Published: January 6, 2020
  • https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003017
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