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Perspectives in Human Growth, Development and Maturation
. Ed(S): Dasgupta, Parasmani (Anthropology And Human Genetics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India); Hauspie, Roland C.
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Paperback. Editor(s): Dasgupta, Parasmani (Anthropology and Human Genetics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India); Hauspie, Roland C. Num Pages: 364 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBNS; PSXE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 587.
One morning in 1969, out of the blue, I received a letter which both distressed and astonished me. It was from a Prof. S. R. Das in Calcutta, who requested me to accept, for eventual analysis, a mountain of anthropometric data he had accumulated, as he was ill and did not expect to survive to analyse it himself. The data provided the astonishment; twenty-two anthropometric characters recorded every six months or a year, over a period of 14 years, in a mixed longitudinal study of some 560 children, aged six months to twenty years. Most were in families with siblings ... Read more
One morning in 1969, out of the blue, I received a letter which both distressed and astonished me. It was from a Prof. S. R. Das in Calcutta, who requested me to accept, for eventual analysis, a mountain of anthropometric data he had accumulated, as he was ill and did not expect to survive to analyse it himself. The data provided the astonishment; twenty-two anthropometric characters recorded every six months or a year, over a period of 14 years, in a mixed longitudinal study of some 560 children, aged six months to twenty years. Most were in families with siblings ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
Number of Pages
364
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048158201
SKU
V9789048158201
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Reviews for Perspectives in Human Growth, Development and Maturation
This volume covers the whole of the research area in human growth and development. Topics include: the history of the study of human growth, the modeling of individual growth curves, the construction of population growth reference curves, growth as a measure of population well-being, secular trend, and the relation between mental and physical development. The book is for students, researchers ... Read more