UID:
almahu_9948595853502882
Format:
1 online resource (457 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-281-31140-5
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9786611311407
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0-08-053420-1
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. * T
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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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
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Chapter 11. Genetically Determined Growth DisordersChapter 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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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-156651-X
Language:
English
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