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Human growth and development / [edited by] Noël Cameron ; with 20 contributing authors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Amsterdam ; New York : Academic Press, ©2002.Description: 1 online resource (xx, 434 pages) : illustrations portraitContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780080534206
  • 0080534201
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Human growth and development.DDC classification:
  • 612.6 22
LOC classification:
  • QP84 .H86 2002eb
NLM classification:
  • 2002 H-025
  • WS 103
Online resources:
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.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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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.

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