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A Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Growth

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In 1976, Eveleth and Tanner, through the work of the International Biological Programme which was completed in June 1974, produced a comprehensive analysis of growth patterns around the world, presenting data from almost all national and international studies up to that time. This report illustrated the many factors that influence overall growth and, with regard to puberty, the timing of its onset and the times, order, duration and magnitude of the various component events. As well as geographical and racial factors, there are many other influences and these have been extensively reviewed recently in Falkner and Tanner’s treatise on Human Growth (1986). These reviews include population differences, environmental and genetic (Eveleth), economic, social and nutritional (Bielicki), genetic (Mueller; Bailey and Garn), secular (Van Wieringen), physical activity (Bailey et al.) and a general review by Marshall and Tanner.

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Buckler, J.M.H. (1990). Comparisons with Other Studies. In: A Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Growth. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1721-6_15

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