[Peculiarities of wrist bone growth as a criterion for determining the biological age of children living under different environmental conditions].
The paper had the objective to study growth dynamics of short tubular wrist bones in children aged from 5 to 16 years and residing in the cities of Shelekhov and Irkutsk. The growth rate in the girls from Irkutsk was shown to be fairly uniform and proportional; in the boys, it substantially increased at the age of 10-11 and 15 years. In the boys living in Shelekhov, the bone growth became activated at the age of 9 and 15 years. In the girls, it was periodically uniform until the age of 9; thereafter, periodicity in the growth of middle and distal phalanxes was no longer apparent.
Shalina
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Vasil'eva
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Isaev
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D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000375:Aging / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D000886:Anthropometry; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D050276:Hand Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012800:Siberia
D004785:Environmental Pollutants