Effects of infant birthweight and maternal body mass index in pregnancy on components of the insulin resistance syndrome in China

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 253-260

  Mi, Jie ^a   Law, Catherine ^b   Zhang, Kong Lai ^a   Osmond, Clive ^b   Stein, Claudia ^c   Barker, David ^b  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Southampton S W Hants Hlth Auth   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CHINA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0034651954     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-132-4-200002150-00002     Document Type: Article

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