Is there an elephant in the room? Addressing rival approaches to the interpretation of growth perturbations and small size

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 606-614

  Schell, Lawrence M ^a,b   Magnus, P D ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CATCH UP GROWTH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EPISTEMOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH DISORDER; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; LIFE HISTORY; MATURATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE;

BODY SIZE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 34648836597     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20669     Document Type: Conference Paper

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