Human Growth from Conception to Maturity
- ISBN-10
- 1854632167
- ISBN-13
- 9781854632166
- Pages
- 376
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Smith-Gordon
- Authors
- Giulio Gilli, L. Benso, Lawrence M. Schell
Description
Contains more than 40 contributions right across the field of human growth and development. Auxology (the study of human growth and development) reflects work in and between many disciplines and across the biological continuum from conception to maturity. The themes include: auxological and anthropometric indicators in public health and epidemiology, skeletal maturation, puberty, auxology applied to youth sports, variations of hormone and body functions throughout the lifespan, growth in extreme environments, models of growth, genetics of growth, final height, fetal growth, body composition, growth in chronic diseases, multiple pregnancies and pollutants.
