Obesity in Young Men after Famine Exposure in Utero and Early Infancy

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 295, Issue 7, 1976, Pages 349-353

  Ravelli, Gian Paolo ^a   Stein, Zena A ^a   Susser, Mervyn W ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DIET; FEMALE; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GROWTH; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFANT; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SOCIAL CLASS; STARVATION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; DIET; FEMALE; FETUS; GROWTH; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; SOCIAL CLASS; STARVATION;

EID: 0017305263     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM197608122950701     Document Type: Article

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