Anemia and Growth Failure among School Adolescents

ISBN-13: 9783659349379 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 56 str.

Zaki, Moushira

Opis

Many factors can affect growth velocity during all phases of childhood growth, such as: race, genetic, familial, nutritional, hormonal, recurrent infections, severe chronic illnesses, socioeconomic factors, emotional factors and certain drugs. Growth failure is the term that describes a growth rate below the appropriate growth velocity for age. A child is considered short if he or she has a height that is below the third percentile; alternatively, some define short stature as height less than 2 standard deviations below the mean.

O autorze

Name: Professor Moushira Erfan zaki.Title: Professor of Human Genetics, Biological Anthropology Department, Medical Research Division, National Reseach Centre, Egypt. MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS:Growth and development, auxology, biological anthropology.