- 432 pages
- English
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Human Growth and Development
About this book
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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Table of contents
- 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