Adolescent spurts in body dimensions: Average and modal sequences

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 287-295

  Geithner, Christina A ^a   Satake, Takashi ^b   Woynarowska, Barbara ^c   Malina, Robert M ^d  

^a GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOTHER AND CHILD   (Poland)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0008442129     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6300(1999)11:3<287::AID-AJHB1>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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