Human Growth from Conception to Maturity (Paperback)

The Auxology 'Advances' book series comprises alternate publication of monographs and selected proceedings. Human growth from conception to maturity contains more than 40 recent contributions right across the field of human growth and development. As the provisional list of contents shows auxology reflects work in and between many disciplines and across the biological continuum from conception to maturity. The themes Advances 4 include: Auxological and anthropometric indicators in public health and epidemiology; skeletal maturation; pubertv; auxology applied to youth sports; variations of hormone and body functions throughout the lifespan; growth in extreme environments; models of growth; genetics of growth; final height; fetal growth; body composition; growth in chronic diseases; multiple pregnancies and pollutants.