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Human growth and development / / edited by Noel Cameron and Barry Bogin
| Human growth and development / / edited by Noel Cameron and Barry Bogin |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (625 p.) |
| Disciplina |
612. 6
612.6 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
CameronNoel
BoginBarry |
| Soggetto topico |
Human growth
Developmental psychology |
| ISBN |
1-283-73485-0
0-12-384651-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Dedication; Human Growth and Development; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; USING THIS BOOK; THE LECTURES AND LECTURERS; EDITORS' PERSONAL STATEMENTS; CODA; REFERENCES; Chapter 1 - The Human Growth Curve, Canalization and Catch-Up Growth; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; 1.3 THE DISTANCE CURVE OF GROWTH; 1.4 THE VELOCITY GROWTH CURVE AND GROWTH SPURTS; 1.5 OTHER PATTERNS OF GROWTH; 1.6 GROWTH VERSUS MATURITY; 1.7 THE CONTROL OF GROWTH; 1.8 GROWTH REFERENCE CHARTS; 1.9 CANALIZATION; 1.10 CATCH-UP GROWTH; 1.11 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES
SUGGESTED READINGINTERNET RESOURCES; Chapter 2 - Growth in Infancy and Childhood: A Pediatric Approach; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 THE GROWTH CURVE; 2.3 CHANGES IN BODY FAT AND OTHER TISSUES; 2.4 MEASUREMENTS OF CLINICAL IMPORTANCE; 2.5 SOME PARTICULAR FEATURES OF GROWTH DURING INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD; 2.6 GROWTH PROBLEMS IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD; 2.7 CAUSES OF SHORT STATURE; 2.8 SUMMARY; REFERENCES; INTERNET RESOURCES; Chapter 3 - Adolescent Growth; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 THE ADOLESCENT GROWTH CYCLE; 3.3 TEMPO OF GROWTH; 3.4 GROWTH MODELING AND BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS 3.5 INDIVIDUAL VERSUS AVERAGE GROWTH3.6 SEX DIFFERENCES IN GROWTH; 3.7 SUMMARY; REFERENCES; SUGGESTED READING; Chapter 4 - Puberty; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 THE NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY OF PUBERTY; 4.3 UPSTREAM FACTORS INFLUENCING PUBERTAL TIMING; 4.4 DOWNSTREAM CONSEQUENCES OF PUBERTAL ACTIVATION OF THE HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-GONADAL AXIS; 4.5 SUMMARY; REFERENCES; SUGGESTED READING; INTERNET RESOURCES; Chapter 5 - Endocrine Control of Growth; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 WHY DO ANIMALS GROW?; 5.3 WHAT CAUSES ANIMALS TO GROW?; 5.4 STRUCTURE OF INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR 5.5 TARGETED DISRUPTION OF THE INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR GENES5.6 GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR; 5.7 INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR DEFICIENCY; 5.8 THERAPEUTIC IMPLICATIONS; 5.9 SUMMARY; REFERENCES; SUGGESTED READING; INTERNET RESOURCES; Chapter 6 - Nutrition and Growth; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 NUTRITION FOR STUDENTS OF GROWTH; 6.3 NUTRITION AND GROWTH; 6.4 TRANSITIONS IN NUTRITION AND GROWTH; REFERENCES; SUGGESTED READING; INTERNET RESOURCES; Chapter 7 - Genomics, Epigenetics and Growth; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 GENOMIC FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE AND REGULATE GROWTH; 7.3 MUTATIONS IN GENES 7.4 ASSOCIATION STUDIES7.5 EPIGENETIC FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE AND REGULATE GROWTH; 7.6 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; INTERNET RESOURCES; Chapter 8 - The Genetic Epidemiology of Growth and Development; 8.1 INTRODUCTION; 8.2 STATISTICAL GENETIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS; 8.3 STUDY DESIGNS; 8.4 STUDIES OF THE GENETICS OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; 8.5 EXAMPLES FROM THE FELS LONGITUDINAL STUDY; 8.6 SUMMARY; GLOSSARY; REFERENCES; SUGGESTED READING; INTERNET RESOURCES; Chapter 9 - Social and Economic Effects on Growth; 9.1 INTRODUCTION; 9.2 SOCIOECONOMIC INFLUENCES; 9.3 CONSEQUENCES OF STATURE; REFERENCES SUGGESTED READING |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809720503321 |
| Amsterdam, : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Human growth and development / / [edited by] Noel Cameron ; with 20 contributing authors
| Human growth and development / / [edited by] Noel Cameron ; with 20 contributing authors |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | San Diego, Calif., : Academic Press, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (457 p.) |
| Disciplina | 612.6 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | CameronNoel |
| Soggetto topico |
Human growth
Developmental psychology |
| ISBN |
1-281-31140-5
9786611311407 0-08-053420-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 DisordersChapter 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823153303321 |
| San Diego, Calif., : Academic Press, c2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Methods in human growth research / / edited by Roland C. Hauspie, Noel Cameron, Luciano Molinari
| Methods in human growth research / / edited by Roland C. Hauspie, Noel Cameron, Luciano Molinari |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 399 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 559.9/01 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
HauspieRoland
CameronNoel MolinariLuciano <1944-> |
| Collana | Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology |
| Soggetto topico |
Human growth - Research
Human growth Human growth - Statistical methods Population research Physical anthropology - Methodology |
| ISBN |
1-107-14541-4
1-280-54016-8 0-511-21420-0 0-511-21599-1 0-511-21062-0 0-511-31497-3 0-511-54241-0 0-511-21239-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Growth data and growth studies : characteristics and methological issues. 1. Why study child growth and maturation? / John H. Himes ; 2. The human growth curve : distance, velocity and acceleration / Luciano Molinari and Theo Gasser ; 3. Sampling for growth studies and using growth data to assess, monitor and survey disease in epidemiological settings / Edward A. Frongillo ; 4. Measuring growth / Noël Cameron ; 5. Measuring maturity / Noël Cameron ; 6. Measuring body composition / Babette Zemel and Elizabeth Barden -- pt. 2. Non-parametric and parametric approaches for individual growth. 7. Kernel estimation, shape-invariant modelling and structural analysis / Theo Gasser, Daniel Gervini and Luciano Molinari ; 8. Parametric models for postnatal growth / Roland C. Hauspie and Luciano Molinari ; 9. Parameter estimation in the context of non-linear longitudinal growth models / R. Darrell Bock and Stephen H.C. du Toit -- pt. 3. Methods for population growth. 10. Univariate and bivariate growth references / Edward A. Frongillo ; 11. Latent variables and structural equation models / Gino Verleye, Marie-José Ireton, J. Cesar Carrillo and Roland C. Hauspie ; 12. Multilevel modelling / Adam Baxter-Jones and Robert Mirwald -- pt. 4. Special topics. 13. Methods for the study of the genetics of growth and development / Stefan A. Czerwinski and Bradford Towne ; 14. Prediction / Noël Cameron ; 15. Ordinal longitudinal data analysis / Jeroen K. Vermunt and Jacques A. Hagenaars. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811531103321 |
| Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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