The foetal origins of the metabolic syndrome - A South African perspective

Cardiovascular Journal of South Africa

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 179-180

  Levitt, Naomi S ^a   Lambert, Estelle V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FETUS DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0036658227     PISSN: 10159657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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