Childhood influences on adult disease

Hospital Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 298-303

  Geary, M ^a   Hindmarsh, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; THYROXINE;

EID: 0032041346     PISSN: 14623935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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