The foetal and infant origins of inequalities in health in britain

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 64-68

  Barker, D J P ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PLACENTA WEIGHT; SHORT SURVEY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CORONARY DISEASE; EMBRYO AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDDLE AGE; MORTALITY; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0025863333     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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