Contribution of growth phases to adult size

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 281-298

  Sheehy, Anne ^a   Gasser, Theo ^a   Molinari, Luciano ^b   Largo, Remo H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0034023879     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/030144600282172     Document Type: Article

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