Reproductive outcomes in women prenatally exposed to undernutrition: A review of findings from the Dutch famine birth cohort

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 129-135

  Lumey, L H ^a,b,c  

^a AMERICAN HEALTH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; STARVATION;

ANIMALS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; STARVATION;

EID: 0031993224     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PNS19980019     Document Type: Review

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