Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-274) and index.
(cont) Timing and sequence of adolescent events -- Development of hearing ability -- Developmental changes in skin reflectance -- Bones and teeth -- Skeletal growth -- Growth of specific skeletal regions -- Skeletal variations -- Skeletal mass -- Plasma alkaline phosphatase -- Teeth -- Body composition and risk factors for cardiovascular disease -- Methodological aspects -- Total body composition -- Bioelectric impedance -- Predictive equations -- Regional body composition -- Adipocytes -- Assessment of nutritional status -- Influences on body composition -- Risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
Introduction -- Little history -- Biographical sketches -- Major US longitudinal studies -- Fels longitudinal study -- Well-planned long-term longitudinal study -- Management and analysis of data -- Need for accurate data -- Quality control -- Data management -- Interpolation -- Derivation of variables -- Transformation of variables -- Statistical analyses in the Fels longitudinal study -- Prenatal, familial and genetic studies -- Prenatal studies -- Familial and genetic studies -- Physical growth -- Development and standardization of anthropometric methods -- Age changes in anthropometric variables -- Methods of growth assessment -- Secular changes in anthropometric variables -- Determinants of growth -- Final phase of growth -- Prediction of adult stature -- Associations between growth and behavioral variables -- Future directions -- Physical maturation and development -- Skeletal maturation -- Dental maturation -- Sexual maturation -- Other aspects of maturation -- Non-invasive assessment of maturity -- Regulation of maturation and its associations.
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Anthropometry, Longitudinal studies.
Human body-- Composition, Longitudinal studies.
Human growth-- United States, Longitudinal studies.