Worldwide Variation in Human Growth

Klappentext The health of a population is most accurately reflected in the rate of growth of its children. Zusammenfassung The health of a population is most accurately reflected in the rate of growth of its children. It is this theme which underlies the analysis and presentation of the compilation of growth data. The first edition! published in 1976! included all known reliable recent results. In this edition! the very numerous measurements taken between 1976 and 1988 have been included. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction to comparative growth studies: methods and standards; 2. Europeans in Europe; 3. European descendants in Australasia, Africa and the Americas; 4. Africans in Africa and of African ancestry; 5. Asiatics in Asia and the Americas 6. Indo-Mediterraneans in the Near East, North Africa and India; 7. Australian Aborigines and Pacific Island peoples; 8. Rate of maturation: population differences in skeletal, dental and pubertal development; 9. Genetic influence on growth: family and race comparisons; 10. Environmental influence ongrowth; 11. Child growth and chronic disease in adults; References; Appendix; Index.

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• Authors: Phyllis B. Eveleth, Phyllis B. Tanner Eveleth, Eveleth Phyllis B., James M. Tanner
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.01.1991
• EAN: 9780521359160
• ISBN: 978-0-521-35916-0
• No. of pages: 412
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Biologica
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, MEDICAL / Physiology, Human biology, Human Growth & Development, Human growth and development