Commentary: A hypothesis challenged

British Medical Journal

Volumn 315, Issue 7119, 1997, Pages 1348-1349

  Rich Edwards, Janet W ^a   Gillman, Matthew W ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030711654     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7119.1348     Document Type: Short Survey

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