Methodology Ecological, Genetic, and Nutritional Effects on Growth
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4615-7200-8 (ISBN)
Finally, there are two new chap- ters dealing with growth as a monitor of the health of populations-one by Tadeusz Bie- licki, considering the contemporary scene, and the other by Robert Fogel, on the contri- bution that such studies are making to the economic history of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
I Methodology.- 1 The Methods of Auxological Anthropometry.- 2 Statistics of Growth Standards.- 3 Sampling for Growth Studies.- 4 Approaches to the Analysis of Longitudinal Data.- 5 Use and Abuse of Growth Standards.- II Ecological, Genetic, and Nutritional Effects on Growth.- 6 The Genetics of Human Fetal Growth.- 7 The Genetics of Size and Shape in Children and Adults.- 8 The Genetics of Maturation.- 9 Growth and Development of Human Twins.- 10 Twin Growth in Relationship to Placentation.- 11 Population Differences in Growth: Environmental and Genetic Factors.- 12 Growth in Early Childhood in Developing Countries.- 13 Physical Growth as a Measure of the Economic Well-being of Populations: The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries.- 14 Physical Growth as a Measure of the Economic Well-being of Populations: The Twentieth Century.- 15 Secular Growth Changes.- 16 Association of Fetal Growth with Maternal Nutrition.- 17 Nutrition and Growth in Infancy.- 18 Undernutrition and Brain Development.- 19 Epidemiology and Nutrition.- 20 Nutrition, Mental Development, and Learning.
Zusatzinfo | 209 Illustrations, black and white; XXII, 552 p. 209 illus. |
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Verlagsort | New York, NY |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
Gewicht | 1082 g |
Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Diätassistenz / Ernährungsberatung |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Biochemie | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4615-7200-2 / 1461572002 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4615-7200-8 / 9781461572008 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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