An analysis of variance of the pubertal and midgrowth spurts for length and width

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 309-331

  Sheehy, A ^a   Gasser, T ^a   Molinari, L ^b   Largo, R H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0033166209     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/030144699282642     Document Type: Article

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