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About the Secular Growth Trend

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  • Anna Farkas
  • Márta Szmodis

    (Department of Health Sciences and Sport Medicine, University of Physical Education, Budapest)

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Secular trend represents a progressive tendency of changes in the consequtive generations, mostly observed in bodily development and maturation, during growth period or in adult sizes, and also in functional and psychological variables...

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  • Anna Farkas & Márta Szmodis, 2019. "About the Secular Growth Trend," Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research, Biomedical Research Network+, LLC, vol. 17(4), pages 13003-13005, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:abf:journl:v:17:y:2019:i:4:p:13003-13005
    DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2019.17.003043
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