BACKGROUND It has been pointed out that longitudinal rather than cross-sectional growth standards should be used to assess individual linear growth. The purpose of this study is to investigate the growth characteristics of school boys and girls living in Shih-Pai district in Taipei. METHODS A defined group of 1,139 healthy school children (570 boys and 569 girls) from the Shih-Pai district of...

Based on the mathematical description and biological parameters of three nonlinear growth models (Logistic, Gompertz, Bertalanffy), recent advance curve fitting analysis in goose have been reviewed briefly this paper order to provide some basic information for future research breeding work.