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Human growth and development
Title:
Human growth and development
Author:
Cameron, Noël.
ISBN:
9780121566517
9780080534206
9781281311405
9786611311407
Publication Information:
San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press, ©2002.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xx, 434 pages) : illustrations portrait
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.
Abstract:
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.
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ScienceDirect http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780121566517 ScienceDirect https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780121566517Available:*
Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Shelf Location | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| QP84 .H86 2002 EB | 1184949-1001 | Elsevier E-Book Collections | Searching... |
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