Human growth and development / [edited by] Noël Cameron ; with 20 contributing authors.
Human growth and development /
[edited by] Noël Cameron ; with 20 contributing authors.
- San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press, c2002.
- xx, 434 p. : ill. port. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter. -- Annotated Refs. -- The Human Growth Curve, Cannalization and Catch-Up Growth. -- Infancy and Childhood. -- Adolescence: Somatic Growth and Sex Differences. -- Puberty. -- Endocrinology of Growth. -- Genetic Control of Human Growth. -- Nutrition and Growth. -- Environmental Effects on Growth. -- Social and Economic Influences on Growth and Secular Trends. -- Growth Disorders (Endocrine). -- Growth Disorders (Genetic). -- Saltation and Stasis. -- Body Composition Changes During Growth. -- The Evolution of Human Growth. -- Exercise and Growth. -- The Assessment of Human Growth. -- Assessment of Maturation. -- Growth references and standards. 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.
Acceso restringido a miembros del Consorcio de Bibliotecas Universitarias de Andalucía.
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.
9780121566517 012156651X
Biología humana
Human growth.
Developmental psychology.
Human Development.
Anthropometry.
Growth--physiology.
Croissance humaine.
Enfants--Croissance.
Biologie du développement.
Anthropométrie.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter. -- Annotated Refs. -- The Human Growth Curve, Cannalization and Catch-Up Growth. -- Infancy and Childhood. -- Adolescence: Somatic Growth and Sex Differences. -- Puberty. -- Endocrinology of Growth. -- Genetic Control of Human Growth. -- Nutrition and Growth. -- Environmental Effects on Growth. -- Social and Economic Influences on Growth and Secular Trends. -- Growth Disorders (Endocrine). -- Growth Disorders (Genetic). -- Saltation and Stasis. -- Body Composition Changes During Growth. -- The Evolution of Human Growth. -- Exercise and Growth. -- The Assessment of Human Growth. -- Assessment of Maturation. -- Growth references and standards. 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.
Acceso restringido a miembros del Consorcio de Bibliotecas Universitarias de Andalucía.
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.
9780121566517 012156651X
Biología humana
Human growth.
Developmental psychology.
Human Development.
Anthropometry.
Growth--physiology.
Croissance humaine.
Enfants--Croissance.
Biologie du développement.
Anthropométrie.