| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 434 pages) : illustrations portrait |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Human growth.
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Human growth. |
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Developmental psychology.
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Developmental psychology. |
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Human Development. |
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Anthropometry. |
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Growth -- physiology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Cameron, Noël.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Human growth and development. Amsterdam ; New York : Academic Press, ©2002 012156651X 9780121566517 (DLC) 2002101647 (OCoLC)50679176 |
| ISBN |
9780080534206 (electronic book) |
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0080534201 (electronic book) |
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