Physical Growth from Birth to Two Years: II. Head Circumference. Part I. A Review and Synthesis of North American Research on Groups of Infants
- 1 March 1946
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Child Development
- Vol. 17 (1/2) , 1-61
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3181741
Abstract
This paper presents a colligation of data dealing with the head circum-ference of infants obtained from 39 investigations dating from 1850 to 1945. Intercomparisons and generalizations are derived on head girth in relation to age, sex, lineage, socio-economic status, secular period, diet, disease, prematurity, birth molding, and birth order.Keywords
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