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Physical Growth

Physical Growth is a biological process characterized by quantitative increases over time in overall body size and mass and in the dimensions of constituent tissues and organs, as distinct from qualitative changes in structure or function such as maturation and development.

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Physical growth: National Center for Health Statistics percentiles

P V Hamill, TA Drizd, CL Johnson et al. · American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 1979 · 2.4K citations

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The Effect of Retarded Growth Upon the Length of Life Span and Upon the Ultimate Body Size

C. M. McCay, Mary F. Crowell, L. A. Maynard · Journal of Nutrition · 1935 · 2.3K citations

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Theory of Growth of Spherical Precipitates from Solid Solution

Clarence Zener · Journal of Applied Physics · 1949 · 1.1K citations

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A History of the Study of Human Growth

C G D Brook · Archives of Disease in Childhood · 1982 · 895 citations · Full text

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Shrinking in a Growing Economy? The Mystery of Physical Stature during the Industrial Revolution

John Komlos · The Journal of Economic History · 1998 · 541 citations

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  1. RM
    Robert M. Malina

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    14 publications · 685 citations

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  2. HV
    Howard V. Meredith

    University of Iowa, United States

    11 publications · 246 citations

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  3. GB
    Gastón Beunen

    KU Leuven, Belgium

    5 publications · 183 citations

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  4. JL
    Johan Lefevre

    KU Leuven, Belgium

    4 publications · 266 citations

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  5. FE
    Francis E. Johnston

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    4 publications · 136 citations

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  1. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    362 citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    3.5K citations

  3. Polish Academy of Sciences

    Warsaw, Poland

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    442 citations

  4. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    671 citations

  5. Charles University

    Prague, Czechia

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    139 citations

  6. KU Leuven

    Leuven, Belgium

    5 h-index

    26 publications

    1.7K citations

  7. Capital Institute of Pediatrics

    Beijing, China

    5 h-index

    14 publications

    707 citations

  8. Capital Medical University

    Beijing, China

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    158 citations

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  1. PubMed

    Repository · 57 publications · 2.5K citations

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  2. Annals of Human Biology

    30 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. American Journal of Physical Anthropology

    32 publications · 1.8K citations

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  4. American Journal of Human Biology

    16 publications · 524 citations

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  5. Child Development

    18 publications · 605 citations

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