Methods in human growth research / / edited by Roland C. Hauspie, Noël Cameron, Luciano Molinari [[electronic resource]]
| Methods in human growth research / / edited by Roland C. Hauspie, Noël Cameron, Luciano Molinari [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 399 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 559.9/01 |
| 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-9910457555103321 |
| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Methods in human growth research / / edited by Roland C. Hauspie, Noël Cameron, Luciano Molinari [[electronic resource]]
| Methods in human growth research / / edited by Roland C. Hauspie, Noël Cameron, Luciano Molinari [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 399 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 559.9/01 |
| 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-9910784701303321 |
| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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