Baranov A.A., Kuchma V.R., Skoblin N.A. .. Physical development of children and adolescents at the turn of the millennium, 2008
The monograph summarizes the results of longitudinal studies of the physical development of children and adolescents, conducted by the Scientific and Research Institute of Hygiene and Health Protection of Children and Adolescents at the NCHS RAMS for 50 years. It discusses methodological approaches to collecting data on the physical development of children, assessing indicators of physical development at the population and individual levels. Materials on changes in the processes of growth and development of children and adolescents in recent decades, relations with the state of health and environmental factors and conditions of life, and the physical development of socially different populations of children and adolescents are presented. The monograph is intended for doctors of the departments of organization of medical care for children and adolescents in educational institutions of children's clinics, doctors and specialists carrying out state sanitary and epidemiological supervision, researchers in the field of hygiene and child and adolescent health care and pediatrics, employees of educational institutions. It may be useful to students, intern doctors, students in the system of postgraduate vocational education. |