Growth Variation: Biological and Cultural Factors

Human Biology: An Evolutionary and Biocultural Perspective: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 587-635

  Stinson, Sara ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment, genetic interactions in growth variation; Growth measurements in assessing nutritional status; Growth variation, biological, cultural factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871443168     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118108062.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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