Human growth and development /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Cameron, Noël
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press, [2002]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Human growth curve, canalization, and catch-up growth
  • Growth in infancy and childhood : a pediatric approach
  • Adolescence : somatic growth and sex differences
  • Puberty
  • Endocrinology of growth
  • The genetic epidemiology of growth and development
  • Nutrition and growth
  • Environmental effects on growth
  • Social and economic influences on growth and secular trends
  • Endocrine disorders of growth
  • Genetically determined growth disorders
  • Saltation and stasis
  • Body composition during growth and development
  • The evolution of human growth
  • Exercise and growth : physical activity as a factor in growth and maturation
  • The assessment of human growth
  • Assessment of maturation
  • Growth references and standards