Thoughts on Secular Trends in Growth And Development
Autor: | P. B. Eveleth |
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Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Zdroj: | Perspectives in Human Growth, Development and Maturation ISBN: 9789048158201 |
DOI: | 10.1007/978-94-015-9801-9_12 |
Popis: | Changes in body size, fatness, rate of growth, and timing of maturation have been occurring over the past 150 years. We also are witnessing a decline in mortality, an increase in life expectancy and a large increase in the proportion of the population that is elderly in both industrialised and developing countries. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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