Fetal growth and adult disease

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Leon, D A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; FETUS GROWTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASE; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 0031916511     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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