The Human Growth Curve, Canalization and Catch-Up Growth

Human Growth and Development

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-22

  Cameron, Noël ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84882828295     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-383882-7.00001-5     Document Type: Chapter

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