Environmental factors influencing growth and pubertal development.

Postnatal growth is based on hereditary signals and environmental factors in a complex regulatory network. Each factor must be in an optimal state for normal growth of the child. Fetal conditions may also have consequences on postnatal height. Intrauterine growth retardation can be recovered postnat...

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Main Author: Delemarre-van de Waal, H A
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: 1993
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1519930/