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Human growth and development / [edited by] Noël Cameron ; with 20 contributing authors.
Elsevier ScienceDirect eBook - Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2021 Available online
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- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human growth.
- Developmental psychology.
- Human Development.
- Anthropometry.
- Growth--physiology.
- Medical Subjects:
- Human Development.
- Anthropometry.
- Growth--physiology.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 434 pages) : illustrations portrait
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; New York : Academic Press, [2002]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Aims to serve as a resource on the human growth stages, environmental effects, and the research methods scientists should use. This text contains both biological and bio-medical approaches to human development and chapters on research methods of growth data collection. It is intended for instructors in various medical and scientific fields.
- Contents:
- Human growth curve, canalization, and catch-up growth / Noël Cameron
- Growth in infancy and childhood : a pediatric approach / Horacio Lejarraga
- Adolescence : somatic growth and sex differences / Roland C. Hauspie
- Puberty / Peter T. Ellison
- Endocrinology of growth / Peter C. Hindmarsh
- The genetic epidemiology of growth and development / Bradford Towne, Ellen W. Demerath, and Stefan A. Czerwinski
- Nutrition and growth / Nicholas G. Norgan
- Environmental effects on growth / Lawrence M. Schell and Kristen L. Knutsen
- Social and economic influences on growth and secular trends / Francis E. Johnston
- Endocrine disorders of growth / John S. Parks
- Genetically determined growth disorders / Michael A. Preece
- Saltation and stasis / Michelle Lampl
- Body composition during growth and development / Babette Zemel
- The evolution of human growth / Barry Bogin
- Exercise and growth : physical activity as a factor in growth and maturation / Robert M. Malina
- The assessment of human growth / William Cameron Chumlea and Shumei Sun Guo
- Assessment of maturation / Noël Cameron
- Growth references and standards / Tim J. Cole.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Human growth and development.
- ISBN:
- 9780080534206
- 0080534201
- OCLC:
- 239609427
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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