The early environment, developmental plasticity and aging

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 205-211

  Sayer, Avan Aihie ^a   Barker, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGING; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY GROWTH; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIET RESTRICTION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FETUS GROWTH; GENETIC SELECTION; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PLASTICITY; REVIEW;

EID: 0036706154     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959259802012339     Document Type: Review

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