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James Mourilyan Tanner (1920-2010): A tribute by Johnston, Francis E.

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Problems in the aging of skeletal juveniles: Perspectives from maturation assessments of living children by Lampl, Michelle, Johnston, Francis E.

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The Agatston Urban Nutrition Initiative: Working to reverse the obesity epidemic through academically based community service by Johnston, Francis E.

“…The Agatston Urban Nutrition Initiative (AUNI) presents a fruitful partnership between faculty and students at a premier research university and members of the…”
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Growth of the long bones of infants and young children at Indian Knoll by Johnston, F E

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Secular changes in stature, weight, fatness, overweight, and obesity in urban African American adolescents from the mid-1950's to the mid-1990's by Gordon-Larsen, Penny, Zemel, Babette S., Johnston, Francis E.

“…The prevalence of obesity among American children and adults has increased over the past few decades. This paper reports secular changes in stature, weight,…”
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Interaction of nutritional and socioeconomic status as determinants of cognitive development in disadvantaged urban Guatemalan children by Johnston, F E, Low, S M, de Baessa, Y, MacVean, R B

“…The relationship between nutritional status, measured by height for age, and cognition, measured by WISC full-scale IQ, was studied in a longitudinal sample of…”
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The reassessment of the age and sex of the Indian Knoll skeletal population: demographic and methodological aspects by Johnston, F E, Snow, C E

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Systematic errors in the use of the Mellits-Cheek equation to predict body fat in lean females by Johnston, F E

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Directional asymmetry of body dimensions among white adolescents by Schell, L M, Johnston, F E, Smith, D R, Paolone, A M

“…Asymmetry of paired dimensions has been recognized as a methodological problem in anthropometry and more recently as an indicator of environmental stress. This…”
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Relationships Between Body Composition and Anthropometry by Johnston, Francis E.

“…Human biologists have traditionally utilized anthropométrie indicators of body composition. Many researchers have attempted to develop prediction equations to…”
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Bioanthropological Research in Developing Countries by Huss-Ashmore, R, Johnston, F E

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Interobserver reliability of skinfold measurements in infants and young children by Johnston, F E, Mack, R W

“…Interobserver reliabilities were determined for the triceps, biceps, subscapular, suprailiac, and abdominal skinfolds in 77 children, 9-24 months of age…”
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Hereditary and environmental determinants of growth in height in a longitudinal sample of children and youth of Guatemalan and European ancestry by Johnston, F E, Wainer, H, Thissen, D, MacVean, R

“…The effects of hereditary and environmental factors upon the growth in stature of children living in Guatemala City has been studied. Heights at yearly…”
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Growth status of disadvantaged urban Guatemalan children of a resettled community by Johnston, F E, Low, S M, de Baessa, Y, MacVean, R B

“…This paper reports the physical growth and body composition from the first year of longitudinal study of 519 Guatemalan children, and their families, from a…”
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Control of Age at Menarche by Johnston, Francis E.

“…The menarche stands as our primary indicator of the onset of sexual maturity in females. The age at which this milestone occurs has therefore become one of the…”
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Disease in Populations in Transition by JOHNSTON, FRANCIS E.

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Cannibals and Kings: The Origins of Cultures by Johnston, Francis E.

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Differences in the mean fat cell diameter of males between 1 and 48 months of age by Johnston, F E, Weston, M, McKinney, S, Coleman, J, Pereira, G, Rounds, J

“…The mean fat cell diameter was determined from measurements of abdominal adipose cells, obtained during inguinal hernia repair, of 126 white and 95 black males…”
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Individual Variation in the Rate of Skeletal Maturation between Five and Eighteen Years by Johnston, Francis E.

“…In a mixed longitudinal sample of 120 normal, Philadelphia white children, interindividual differences in the skeletal maturation rates were studied. Skeletal…”
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Racial Taxonomies from an Evolutionary Perspective by Johnston, Francis E.

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