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Skeletal maturity indicators in infancy
Author(s) -
Falkner Frank
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330350317
Subject(s) - maturity (psychological) , psychology , developmental psychology
Present methods are unsatisfactory, for unless an individual infant is widely deviant no satisfactory assessment can be made. Application of various methods to the perinatal period and possible new approaches will be discussed. There is a great need for useful estimates of maturity in this area of growth.