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1 online resource (457 pages)
ISBN:
9780080534206
Content:
Human Growth and Development pulls together information from leading experts in a variety of fields to create a one-volume resource on the human growth stages, environmental effects, and the research methods scientists should use. This text promises to be a great course-planning guide for instructors in various medical and scientific fields in addition to a thorough reference for further research. * Both biological and bio-medical approaches to human development. * Chapters on research methods of growth data collection. * Annotated reference lists for every chapter. * Tremendous breadth of knowledge within a single source.
Content:
Front Cover -- Human Growth and Development -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Human Growth Curve, Canalization, and Catch-Up Growth -- Chapter 2. Growth In Infancy and Childhood: A Pediatric Approach -- Chapter 3. Adolescence: Somatic Growth and Sex Differences -- Chapter 4. Puberty -- Chapter 5. Endocrinology of Growth -- Chapter 6. The Genetic Epidemiology of Growth and Development -- Chapter 7. Nutrition and Growth -- Chapter 8. Environmental Effects on Growth -- Chapter 9. Social and Economic Influences on Growth and Secular Trends -- Chapter 10. Endocrine Disorders of Growth -- Chapter 11. Genetically Determined Growth Disorders -- Chapter 12. Saltation and Stasis -- Chapter 13. Body Composition During Growth and Development -- Chapter 14. The Evolution of Human Growth -- Chapter 15. Exercise and Growth: Physical Activity as a Factor in Growth and Maturation -- Chapter 16. The Assessment of Human Growth -- Chapter 17. Assessment of Maturation -- Chapter 18. Growth References and Standards -- Annotated References -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
9780121566517
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Cameron, Noe͏̈l Human growth and development Amsterdam [u.a.] : Academic Press, 2002 012156651X
Language:
English
Keywords:
Evolution
;
Mensch
;
Wachstum
;
Entwicklungsbiologie
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