On correlations between adjacent velocities and accelerations in longitudinal growth data.

doi:10.1080/03014469000000792

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On correlations between adjacent velocities and accelerations in longitudinal growth data.

Annals of human biology - 1 Jan 2000

Harrison G A, Brush G

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Correlations are examined between adjacent velocity and acceleration growth in stature, weight and skinfold thickness in a group of adolescent boys measured approximately quarterly. It is concluded that some substantial component of the variability behaves rather like measurement error, and this...

Topics

Acceleration
Adolescent
Age Factors
Anthropometry
Body Height
Body Weight
Child
England
Growth
Humans
Male
Periodicity
Phenotype
Skinfold Thickness
Time Factors

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