Factors affecting growth and bone development in minors. Case report

Abstract

Growth is a complex biological process, product of the interaction between multiple endogenous factors (genetic, hormonal, metabolic, receptivity of target tissues) and exogenous factors (nutrition, physical activity and psychosocial influences), through which living creatures, at the same time as increasing their size, they physiologically mature and progressively acquire a complete functional capacity. The growth process, although it does not occur in a uniform manner, takes place according to an organism's nutrition. In Romania the cases of anthropological forensic exams performed in order to estimate the age of minors include mostly people with an extremely low socio-economic status, frequently homeless people that did not have a certified copy of the medical birth certificate issued or who don't have a birth certificate, most often caused by the fact that the parents did not go to the City Hall to obtain it.