The fetal origins of adult disease

Nutrition Today

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 108-114

  Barker, D J P ^a  

^a Medical Research Council s Environmental Epidemiology Unit   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0013646240     PISSN: 0029666X     EISSN: 15389839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00017285-199605000-00004     Document Type: Article

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