Nutrition, immunity and the fetal and infant origins of disease hypothesis in developing countries

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 241-247

  Moore, Sophie E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASES; FEMALE; FETUS; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL EFFECTS; INFANT; INFECTIONS; JUVENILE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SUMMARY REPORT;

AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; FETUS; HEALTH; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL EFFECTS; INFANT; INFECTIONS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SUMMARY REPORT; YOUTH;

ANIMALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 0032061456     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PNS19980038     Document Type: Article

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