Human physical growth and maturation : methodologies and factors
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Human physical growth and maturation : methodologies and factors
（NATO advanced study institutes series, Series A . Life sciences ; v. 30）
Plenum Press, c1980
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"Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Human Physical Growth and Maturation: Methodologies and Factors, held at the SOGESTA Conference Centre, Italy, May 28-June 7, 1979."
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Table of Contents
I. Methodology.- Research Design and Sample Selection In Studies of Growth and Development.- Surveys of Physical Growth and Maturation.- The Measurement of Body Composition.- The Measurement of Skeletal Maturation.- Dental Development: A Measure of Physical Maturation.- General Statistical Considerations in Analysis.- Quantitative Genetic Analysis of Variation in Adult Stature: The Contribution of Path Analysis.- II. Growth and Ageing.- Postnatal Growth of Preterm and Full-term Infants.- Adolescent Growth.- Prediction.- Abnormal Growth.- Ageing, Continuous Changes of Adulthood.- III. Factors.- Developmental Genetics of Man.- Methodology of Twin Studies: General Introduction.- Statistical Problems of Fitting Individual Growth Curves.- Nutrition and Growth.- Physical Activity, Growth, and Functional Capacity.- Socioeconomic Differences in Growth Patterns.- Psychosocial Factors in Human Growth: Deprivation and Failure to Thrive.
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