Critical periods in human growth and their relationship to diseases of aging

Yearbook of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 45, Issue , 2002, Pages 159-184

  Cameron, Noël ^a   Demerath, Ellen W ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiposity rebound; Adolescence; Catch up growth; Chronic diseases; Evolutionary theories of aging; Fetal programming; Telomere attrition

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; BONE DENSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMBRYOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GROWTH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY PATTERNING; BONE DENSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBESITY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0040074357     PISSN: 0096848X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10183     Document Type: Article

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