The fetal origins of coronary heart disease

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics, Supplement

Volumn 86, Issue 422, 1997, Pages 78-82

  Barker, D J P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Coronary heart disease; Fetal undernutrition; Placental size; Programming

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030741641     PISSN: 08035326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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