Secular changes in growth

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 8-17

  Hauspie, Roland C ^a,b   Vercauteren, Martine ^b   Susanne, Charles ^b  

^a FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Age at menarche; Growth; KIGS; Peak height velocity; Secular change

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BODY BUILD; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; GROWTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; NUTRITION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030001235     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000184841     Document Type: Article

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