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Annals of HUMAN BIOLOGY Journal of the Society for the Study of Human Biology Edited by K.J. Collins, G.A. Harrison, J.M. Tanner VOLUME 18 1991 Taylor & Francis London © Washington, DC Annals of Human Biology A journal for human population biology, reporting investigations on the nature, development and causes of human variation, embracing the disciplines of human genetics, auxology, environmental physiology, ecology and epidemiology. Editors: K.J. COLLINS G. A. HARRISON J.M. TANNER Medical Research Council, Department of Biological Anthropology, Department of Growth & Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical 58 Banbury Road, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Medicine, Oxford OX1 60S Street, Keppel Street (Malet Street), London WC1N 1EH London WC1E 7HT Book Review Editor: E. SUNDERLAND University College of North Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2DG Summaries in French by Dr. E. Crognier, CNRS, Aix-en-Provence and in German by Dr. H. Danker-Hopfe, University of Bremen. Editorial Board: K. . ANDERSEN, Oslo F.E. JOHNSTON, Philadelphia, PA R. . BERRY, London P.R.M. JONES, Loughborough A meJErL ICKI, Wroclaw K. KIMURA, Saitama, Japan A. H. BITTLES, London R. KNUSSMANN, Hamburg A. J. BOYCE, Oxford G.W. LINDGREN, Stockholm W. BRASS, London L.A. MALCOLM, Christchurch N. CAMERON, Johannesburg R.M. MALINA, Austin, TX R. CHAKRABORTY, Houston, TX R. MARTORELL, Stanford, CA E. J. CLEGG, Aberdeen E. MARUBINI, Milan T J. COLE, Cambridge W.H. MUELLER, Houston, TX J. E. COTES, Newcastle upon Tyne N.G. NORGAN, Loughborough A. EMIRJIAN, Montreal R.H. OSBORNE, Madison, WI J. .G. A. DURNIN, Glasgow S. PAPIHA, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1) . EIBEN, Budapest A. PRADER, Zurich A.m o.H<. oE!ME RY, Edinburgh M.A. PREECE, London A. . ERIKSSON, Amsterdam . A.M. PRIOR, Wellington F.B e!LK NER, Berkeley, CA M. PROPKOPEC, Prague P. . FENTEM, Nottingham D.F. ROBERTS, Newcastle upon Tyne J. . GIBSON, Canberra A.F. ROCHE, Yellow Springs, OH R.Q eOL DSMITH, London R. J. RONA, London . 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CONTENTS OF VOLUME 18 Volume 18 Number 1 January-February 1991 Serum cholinesterase polymorphism in France: an epidemiological survey of the deficient alleles detected by an automated micro-method J. Arnaud, H. Brun, R. Llobera and J. Constans Evidence of weaning stress and catch-up growth in the long bones of a Central California Amerindian sample C.E. Wall Skeletal maturity at onset of the adolescent growth spurt and at peak velocity for growth in height: a threshold effect? R. Hauspie, T. Bielicki and J. Koniarek Genetic demography of the Moscow population: migration, outbreeding and assortative mating O.L. Kurbatova and E. Yu. Pobedonostseva Height and height velocity in early, average and late maturers followed to the age of 25: a prospective longitudinal study of Swedish urban children from birth to adulthood U. Hagg and J. Taranger The effect of wartime conditions and the 1944-45 ‘Dutch Famine’ on recalled menarcheal age in participants of the DOM breast cancer screening project P.A.H. van Noord and R. Kaaks Short report: Height, weight and menarcheal age of adolescent girls in Oman A. QO. Musaiger Book reviews List of Members SSHB Volume 18 Number 2 March-April 1991 A review of the aetiology of multiple sclerosis; an ecological approach T. G. C. Murrell, L.S. Harbige and |. C. Robinson The comparative growth of Efe pygmies and African farmers from birth to age 5 years R.C. Bailey Contents of Volume 18 Marital distance and child variability L.H. Schmitt, G. A. Harrison and C.G.N. Mascie-Taylor Early influences on the secular change in adult height between the parents and children of the 1958 birth cohort E. Alberman, H. Filakti, S. Williams and S. J. W. Evans The geographic clustering of body size of Chinese children aged 7 years J. Cheng-ye, O. Seiji and N. Naohiko Accuracy of recall by middle-aged participants in a longitudinal study of their body size and indices of maturation earlier in life V. A. Casey, J.T. Dwyer, K. A. Coleman, E.A. Krall, J. Gardner and |. Valadian Age at menarche of European, Afro-Caribbean and Indo-Pakistani schoolgirls living in London S.J. Ulijaszek, E. Evans and D.S. Miller Book reviews Volume 18 Number 3 May-June 1991 The dynamics of linear growth in distance, velocity and acceleration T. Gasser, A. Kneip, A. Binding, A. Prader and L. Molinari Menarcheal age for Norwegian women born 1830-1960 M. Rosenberg Characterization of digital dermatoglyphic features in Salazar Valley: comparison with other Basque valleys M.1. Arrieta, B. Criado, B. Martinez, A. Simon, L. Salazar and C.M. Lostao Ethnic and environmental factors affecting fetal growth in Papua New Guinea R.A. Primhak and D. F. MacGregor Basal metabolic rate and physique of Gurkha and British soldiers stationed in Britain S.J . Ulijaszek and S.S. Strickland ABO and Rh(D) frequencies in the Ards Peninsula, northeastern Ireland: evidence for the continuing existence of a major politico-religious boundary A.H. Bittles and M.T . Smith Contents of Volume 18 Family resemblance in body circumferences and their ratios: the Nancy family study L. Tiret, P. Ducimetiére, J.L. André, R. Gueguen, B. Herbeth, Y. Spyckerelle, R. Rakotovao and F. Cambien Book reviews Volume 18 Number 4 July-August 1991 Measurement of growth variability and environmental quality in Guatemalan children B. Bogin Population genetics of abnormal haemoglobins in Burkina Faso, West Africa R. Devoucoux, C. Hurpin, D. Baudon, J.F. Molez, J. F. Roux, M. Guilloud-Bataille, P. Carnevale and J. Feingold Tempo-unconditional 1-year bone score velocities in well-off North-west Indian children S. Prakash and G. Pathmanathan Longitudinal analysis of incomplete adolescent data C.S. Berkey, N.M. Laird, J. Gardner and |. Valadian Height and weight of Tokyo schoolchildren with and without intellectual handicaps H. Katoda Anthropometric-hormonal correlation patterns in San and Kavango males from Namibia E.-M. Winkler and K. Christiansen Physical growth of children treated for phenylketonuria M.A. McBurnie, R. A. Kronmal, V.E. Schuett, R. Koch and C.G. Azeng Book reviews Volume 18 Number 5 September—October 1991 Month at menarche: a re-evaluation of the season hypothesis C.Y. Valenzuela, E. Nufiez and C. Tapia Isonymy in records of births and deaths in Ferrara |. Barrai, C. Scapoli, R. Canella, G. Formica, R. Barale, and M. Beretta Contents of Volume 18 Gender differences in age-related decline in DNA double-strand break damage and repair in lymphocytes P.J . Mayer, C.S. Lange, M.O. Bradley and W. W. Nichols A longitudinal study of osteoarthritis of the hand: the effect of age J. Busby, J. Tobin, W. Ettinger, K. Roadarmel and C. Plato Genetic influences and grip strength norms in the NHLBI twin study males aged 59-69 T. Reed, R.R. Fabsitz, J. V. Selby and D. Carmelli Age changes in adult stature: trend estimation from mixed longitudinal data P.J . Chandler and R. D. Bock Father’s unemployment and height of primary school children in Britain R.J . Rona and S. Chinn The dynamics of growth of width in distance, velocity and acceleration T. Gasser, A. Kneip, P. Ziegler, R. Largo, L. Molinari and A. Prader Age, sex and socioeconomic correlates of fat patterning among adults from the Chandigarh zone of northwest India G. D. Indech, Sanjeev, |. Jit and F.E. Johnston Short report: A further note on the sex ratio of monoamniotic twins W.H. James Book reviews Volume 18 Number 6 November—December 1991 A study of digital dermatoglyphics in lreland M. G. Greally and D. F. Roberts Secular changes in height and weight of Stockholm schoolchildren born in 1933, 1943, 1953 and 1963 L. Cernerud and G. W. Lindgren Deceleration of age at menarche in Poland B. Hulanicka and A. Waliszko Growth of school children of southern Iran in relation to the NCHS standard S.M. Taghi Ayatollahi and R. G. Carpenter Short report: Consanguinity, gestational period and anthropometric measurements at birth in Pakistan S.A. Shami, T. Qadeer, L.H. Schmitt and A. H. Bittles Contents of Volume 18 Book reviews Letters Proceedings of the Society Subject Index Index of Authors