Effects of the intrauterine environment on childhood growth

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-95

  Strauss, Richard S ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFANT; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALNUTRITION; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHORT STATURE; UTERUS;

EID: 0030888463     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a011608     Document Type: Review

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