What should obstetricians be doing about the Barker hypothesis?

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 645-647

  Fraser, Robert ^a   Cresswell, Janet ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FETUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

ADULT; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT EDUCATION;

EID: 0030871701     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb11972.x     Document Type: Note

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