Genetic and Environmental Factors during the Growth Period

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Predicting the Mature Stature of Preadolescent Children....Pages 3-19
Comments on “Predicting the Mature Stature of Preadolescent Children” by Darrell Bock....Pages 21-27
Front Matter....Pages 35-35
Methodology of a Cross-Sectional Nation-Wide Growth Study....Pages 37-47
The Use of Anthropometric Surveys for Studies on the Genetics of Growth....Pages 49-59
Methods in Human Growth Genetics....Pages 61-79
Effect of Physical Activity on Functional Growth....Pages 81-90
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
Introduction....Pages 99-100
Human Growth up to Six Years — Distance and Velocity....Pages 101-122
Medical Environment: Applications in the Field of Public Health....Pages 123-131
Linear and Catch-Up Growth in Chronically Ill Children....Pages 133-143
Medical Environment — Influences on Growth....Pages 145-157
Front Matter....Pages 167-167
Environment and Physical Growth....Pages 169-198
Ecological Environment Environment and Physical Growth: Random Comments on Ferro-Luzzi’s Overview....Pages 199-208
Auxological Epidemiology and the Determination of the Effects of Noise on Health....Pages 209-219
Effects of Industrial Pollution on Somatic and Neuropsychological Development....Pages 221-233
Back Matter....Pages 243-248